Purple/Burgundy - Page 2 of 20 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Velvet Cloak’ smoke tree

    Cotinus coggygria ‘Velvet Cloak'

    This shrub or small tree has stunning deep purple foliage that turns orange-red in autumn.

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    Cotinus coggygria ‘Ancot’

    Cotinus coggygria 'Ancot'

    This specimen is grown for its stunning golden leaves, which turn to brilliant shades of orange and red in autumn.

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    ‘Tangerine Beauty’ cross vine

    Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’

    A better-behaved cousin to the less-than-polite trumpet vine, cross vine is a colorful solution for a fence or arbor with afternoon shade.

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    ‘Golden Shadow’ paper mulberry

    Broussonetia papyrifera 'Golden Shadow'

    This golden-leaved version of the southern paper mulberry can be treated as a cutback shrub to control size and for best production of brilliant golden yellow, large, lobed leaves.

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    Bugbane, Autumn snakeroot, black cohosh

    Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’

    Unlike other bugbanes, 'Hillside Black Beauty' offers deep purple-black foliage.

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    ‘Ursula’s Red’ Japanese painted fern

    Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Ursula's Red'

    The broad silvery leaves of ‘Ursula’s Red’ have a showy burgundy band at the center of the leaves in spring.

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    Red aloe

    Aloe cameronii

    Aloe is best known as a medicinal plant, but there are many beautiful aloes as well.

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    Ravenswing

    Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'

    This is the bronze-purple form of the common Queen Anne's lace.

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    Japanese painted fern

    Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

    This fern has cool, gray-green, almost silvery foliage and reddish-purple stalks that are useful for brightening dark spots in borders.

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    ‘Persian Chocolate’ moneywort

    Lysimachia congestiflora ‘Persian Chocolate’

    A mass of small purple leaves and abundant golden yellow, bell-shaped flowers distinguish this ground cover.