Northeast Gardening: Deep Purple Plants, 1 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
Hi crockney, we should switch gardens, I have too much purple at that time of year. The first plant I'd suggest for your part shade bed is colombine, a short lived perennial that self seeds, prolifically. Wood phlox, Phlox divarticata (there are some threads with photos on DG, not sure if they are under Cottage, Perennial or NE, let me know if you want me to check) and Jacobs ladder, Polemonium reptans. Pansies and violas, Labrador violet , besides a purple flower the leaf stays purple, paticularly in the cooler weather. Clematis can grow through your rose or the larger varieties like Jackmani or Etoile violette can back the rose on a trellis. The photo shows the cultivar Multi Blue, an early season bloomer which has the added attraction that when the outer petals drop you have the inner "puff "lasting a long time.