Mix ( Grandiflora )The name of this sweet pea variety from Grandiflora is deceptive and occasionally confusing people to use the name for single colored blooms of the variety and often for a combination of colors including violet and purple.
Cyclamen mauve, showing deep violet and purple tongue on three lower petals, crimson throat. Ideal for table decoration, very sweet. Janet.
Lobelia Syphilitica - A variable species, not very showy, and robust in free moist soils, it stands our winters well, and is prolific in varieties of violet and purple, varying to rose and white. A poor kind, it never had a place in my garden.
Wonderful double early summer flowers in shades of mauve violet and purple with golden centres. This large-flowered clematis is perfect for growing through a strong shrub tree or climbing rose in full sun or partial shade.
Big, ruffled, bell-shaped blooms of florist gloxinia are available in a rich range of colors -- red, burgundy, pink, white, violet and purple. Some varieties have blooms edged in white, or have a contrasting spotted throat color.
This selection is similar to the wild lavender that grows in the Mediterranean. 'Croxton's Wild' shows off light violet and purple flowers in late spring and early summer and has a loose, open form. Name: Lavandula angustifolia 'Croxton's Wild' ...
Only a few Eupatorium species are in cultivation, often being grown for their attractive flowerheads in various shades of white, pink, violet and purple that are also nectar rich and attractive to bees and butterflies.
In late spring the vine covers itself in color when the spectacular 3 in (7.6 cm) trumpet flowers appear. The trumpets are pale lavender and delicately detailed with dark violet and purple streaks. Flowers are followed by large prickly seed pods.
See also: Violet, May, Green, Lavender, Varieties
 
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