Purple Blooms
Purple Rain, Purple Haze, Purple Flowers... Next to yellow, purple always steals the show! Purple is not a monolith though—it ranges from pale lavender to deep violet. These regal hues look especially stunning when drifting through the bronze and copper tones of native grasses in fall, sparkling against goldenrods and rudbeckias to create a prairie jam session fit for Paisley Park.
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Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris Ligulistylis) -
Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Blue Salvia (Salvia Azurea) -
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) -
Blue lobelia (Lobelia Siphilitica) -
Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium Reptans) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotruchum Oblongfolium) -
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda Punctata) -
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris Pycnostachya) -
Nodding Onion (Allium Cernuum) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Calico Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus) -
Harebell (Campanula Rotundifolia) -
Monkey Flower (Mimulus Ringens) -
Big Bluestem (Andropogon Gerardii) -
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia Ohiensis) -
Mad Dog Skullcap (Scutellaria Lateriflora) -
Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) -
Lemon Beebalm (Monarda citriodora) -
Virgina Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum Virginianum) -
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea Purpurea)