A purple coneflower that blooms orange, a coralbell with leaves as big as your face and maybe the best lavender plant yet are among the best new perennial flowers hitting the market in 2014.

There is quite a world of purple-leafed plants waiting to be discovered and introduced to your garden. Get ready to intensify your landscape! Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension, ...

JERRY W. ASKS: Can you tell me the botanical name of your purple-leafed shrubs that have been in full bloom the past month? I would like to plant one in my garden.

Yet, there is one advantage of sorts — we desire those purple-leafed plants, we select them, care for them and tend them, and ensure that they reproduce! The colour purple in our plants is from ...

For the shady garden, bugbane is a perennial favourite as can be a purple-leafed variety of Astilbe such as Dark Side of the Moon. Allium adds delicate whimsy to any garden. Photo, Deborah Maier.

Purple foliage is great for adding drama and contrast to a garden. Purple can be found in a wide range of plants, from shrubs to annuals. Purple leaved plants don't do well in shade.