Perennials with purple flowers
The colour purple is synonymous with luxury. Purple flowering perennials work well in most colour schemes, combining as effectively with bright oranges and reds as they do with creamy-whites and pastel shades. Bright purple is set off well against acid greens for a vibrant, eye-catching display while deeper purples can be used effectively with blue, pink and white flowering plants to create a more classic look. Purple flowers are also highly attractive to pollinators such as bees and butterflies with some showing an innate preference for purple blooms. Some of our favourite purple-flowering perennials are Geranium 'Ann Folkard' with its black-eyed, magenta-purple flowers in summer and autumn; Iris Ensata producing bright violet-purple blooms with a bold golden-yellow marking in the centre; and Salvia 'Ostfriesland' with its spectacular, upright spikes of richly-coloured, vivid violet-purple flowers produced in abundance across the whole plant from June to October.