Purple is not as easy as white. White is either white or not white. Purple can be bluish or reddish. I am not totally certain if all Six of these are purple or lavender, which is merely pastel purple.

1. Lavandula angustifolia, English lavender blooms, as its name suggests, with lavender floral color, which is really just pastel purple. It looks blue to me, though. I do not know what cultivar this is, but it has survived here longer than lavender should be expected to.

2. Phlox paniculata, garden phlox also blooms lavender, although it looks pink to me. It is a feral progeny of the already feral garden phox with pure white bloom that I posted a picture of last Saturday. Although white is my favorite, I find this odd variant appealing.

3. Lobularia maritima, sweet alyssum also resembles its white counterpart that I posted a picture of last week, but is not a progeny of it. It is a common garden variety, although I do not remember its name. It survived through last winter for another summer season.

4. Lantana montevidensis, trailing lantana survives within a badly neglected landscape. It really is worthy of consideration for other sunny and warm landscapes here. Lantana camara also performs well in an adjacent landscape, and was recently added to another.

5. Penstemon gloxinioides, beard tongue blooms sparsely for now only because it is new in this particular situation. It grew from several rooted bits that were separated from old specimens as they were cut back last winter. These might produce similar bits next year.

6. Petunia X hybrida, petunia is always reliable for bright color through summer. These have been growing somewhat slowly this year only because the weather has been so mild and even weirdly cool sometimes. Gophers consumed quite a few in a landscape nearby.

This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate: https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/

18 thoughts on “Six on Saturday: Purple?”

  3. The lantana completely surprised me. I’m accustomed to seeing our native, generally bright orange and yellow, or the pink and yellow species. I’ve never seen the lavender; it’s lovely.

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  4. Very nice purples, even the pale and/or pinkish ones!. I have deep purple pansies in a bowl on the front steps. I planted it with white and purple lobularia. The white has been blooming its socks off, while the purple lost all the spent flowers and did nothing for quite a while. Looks like it is considering blooming again. It better, or I will forever go with white because I like my plants to just take care of business. If give it potting soil and water, it should give me flowers. That’s the deal!

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    1. Both purple and pink alyssum can be a bit less vigorous than the more common white. I did not select this alyssum, although I have been pleased with its performance in its particular situation.

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      2. Do you find that feral alyssum is more fragrant than the garden varieties? (All that we grow at work are garden varieties. They have not self sown there like they typically do.)

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    1. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SEA GRAPE SEED!!!!!! I am so sorry that they were in the mailbox for this long. I knew that it has been a long time since I checked my mail, but I did not realize that they had been waiting there for me. I got them on Tuesday and sowed them on Wednesday. I am concerned about their viability after being left in the mailbox for so long. I hope that at least a few germinate. If only one grows, I can make copies later.

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