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Ideas for purple or deep burgundy plants for planters in town centre

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  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Eucomis Sparkling Burgundy doesn't flower all Summer long.  The new foliage emerges in Spring, and is at its deepest colour.  It then goes slightly more greeny/burgundy, and the flower stalks appear in mid-Summer, and last for months, although they flop (and are not erect like the photo above).  We grow it in pots and in the ground, and would grow it for the foliage alone.

    If your troughs are big enough, I would also consider some small specimens of Cotinus.  There are also some Geraniums with Burgundy foliage (Black & White, Hocus Pocus), and they are very compact, so fine for a pot/trough.  
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    A purple foliage Cotinus/Smokebush in the centre of a planter?
    Sunny Dundee
  • bullfinchbullfinch Posts: 692
    I bought some osteospermum 'cranberry' this year, they might be suitable 
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    Purple verbena:


    Pelargonium Tommy (Tomke):

  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Thank you so much everyone - some lovely ideas here (and for my own garden too...).
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    @pitter-patter , do you know the name of that purple verbena variety? It's a particularly nice one that would go well in my hanging baskets.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    @JennyJ I think it’s Showboat Midnight.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Thanks! I'll look out for it next spring.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2021
    Tidal Wave red velour and/or Purple. They should/might flower from May to the frosts. The heads wither and drop on their own.

    Pelargonium Dark Secret.


    Euphorbia Diamond Frost has a kind of silvery effect. Good for baskets.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Red velour is lovely but I'm not sure it fits the bill - mine are definitely bright red red (with darker middles), not burgundy.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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