All flowering shrubs add interest and color to the garden, so why not pick purple? It’s a joyful color and certain to be a focal point. And when you go about selecting a plant, you’ll be surprised by how many purple flower bushes are available in commerce. Ready to plant a shrub with purple flowers? Here are our top recommendations. Purple Flower Shrubs Any list of garden plants with purple blossoms has to include that classic of the ages, lilac. Common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) has been a landscape plant in this country from the 1700s and today, there are thousands of cultivars and hybrids. We particularly like ‘Charles Joly,’ with double flowers in deep magenta and ‘Sensation,’ with deep purple flowers trimmed in white. Both offer the seductive lilac fragrance. Lilacs are easy maintenance shrubs, but you have to take steps to avoid powdery mildew and other fungal diseases, to […]
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