Climbing plants with purple flowers
Deep purples are often considered to resemble luxury and prestige, contrasting well with oranges, yellows and greens, while paler purples and purple-flushed white blooms bring a casual sense of calm and informality. Two excellent deep purple twining climbers are Clematis Jackmanii with its gorgeous yellow-centred blooms from July to September and Clematis Blue Pirouette, producing stunning blue-purple, open-face flowers, highlighted by an attractive cluster of white stamens in the centre. Wisteria is another popular purple-white climber well-known for its beautiful, long drooping clusters of blooms produced in abundance from spring through early summer followed by soft, velvety seed pods. Wisteria look stunning trained up the front wall of country home or draped from a sturdy pergola or archway where their delicious scent can be fully appreciated. Naturally, as twining climbers, clematis and wisteria require a support structure of wires or pole to twine around.