Such foliage stands out on its own but you can make it pop by following these Beautiful Landscaping with Purple Plants Ideas!
Want to make your garden look amazing? Try adding purple plants! They can make your yard feel special and different. Purple comes in many shades, from bright to soft, and can make other colors pop. Here’s how to use these plants to create a beautiful, easy-to-care-for landscape.
Best Purple Plants Landscaping Ideas
1. Purple Heart Ground Cover
Here is a stunning way to fill garden beds with a lush purple carpet of foliage. The trailing growth habit and small, delicate pink flowers contrast beautifully.
2. Persian Shield Plant Bed Landscape
Talk about eye-catching appeal with shimmering purple shield leaves, and here is the idea!
3. Dense Tropical Vibes with Purple Foliage
This lush landscape idea is full of bold colors and rich textures. The deep purple hues of the Persian shield and surrounding greenery create a jungle-like garden setting.
4. Landscape in a Pot with Purple Sweet Potato Vine
A purple sweet potato vine planter looks beautiful with its cascading foliage. The surrounding flowers make the idea even more eye-catching for landscaping.
5. Purple Landscape with the Smoke Tree
This purple smoke tree makes a bold statement in the landscape with its deep burgundy foliage and upright growth. Here are more such trees with purple foliage.
6. Pink and Purple Hedge Idea
Nothing is as aesthetic as a purple hedge that adds a beautifully structured element to the landscape. The foliage and bright pink blooms are perfect for lining walkways.
7. Small Bed Landscape with Purple Plants
See how the deep purple foliage grounds the space while the soft pink flowers add elegance. Pretty, right?
8. Thick Purple Cover with Inch Plants
You can create a thick purple cover with Inch plants. This low-maintenance ground cover thrives in shaded areas and is the best choice for filling bare spots under trees.
9. Dark Coral Bells with Hostas
Landscaping with purple plants is really easy if you use dark coral bells with hostas and blend the bright green leaves aesthetically.
10. ‘Pink Sister’ Cordylines Landscape
This one is for you if you want a purple focal point with tropical vibes. Use ferns and flowering plants to contrast your home’s shaded corners or entrance areas.
11. Dark Alternantheras for Rocky Landscape
These dark alternantheras create a velvety carpet of deep purple foliage along garden beds. You will love their compact growth and color, which make them perfect for edging pathways.
12. Purple Plants Container Landscaping
These planters add sophistication to the entryway with their cascading deep purple foliage. Get matching containers to create a welcoming and luxurious vibe.
13. A Lush Purple Cordyline
With its deep burgundy sword-like leaves, this lush purple cordyline adds an architectural presence to your landscape. Here are more landscaping ideas with purple cordyline plants.
14. A Landscape with Purple Prickly Pear Cactus
You can also use a purple prickly pear cactus to bring a desert charm. These purple pads will deepen in color under full sun, adding to your landscape’s aesthetics!
15. Amazing Pine Echiums
Make a dramatic statement with the towering spires of Pine Echiums and draw beautiful pollinators into your garden.
16. An Entryway with Conebushes and Cordyline
You can decorate your entryway with beautiful cone bushes and cordyline to create a lovely mix of textures and colors.
17. Cordyline ‘Red Fountain’ Landscape for Garden
What a beautiful tropical display that combines the banana-like leaves of Ensete with the arching foliage of Cordyline! You should definitely copy this idea.
18. Bird Bath with Purple Canna
Add a bird bath among the lush foliage of purple cannas so the reflective water feature improves the tranquil atmosphere.
19. A Massive Planter of Purple Foliage
Let your massive planter be the focal point of this idea. A blend of variegated greens and blue flowers creates an eye-catching landscape.
20. Purple Coleus Landscape for Entrance
Sometimes, landscaping with purple plants is as simple as adding a beautiful coleus to a massive planter!
21. A Warm Succulent Welcome
Create an inviting entryway with terracotta pots filled with colorful succulents and deep purple Aeoniums. Do add some with purple flowers!
22. Group Purple Succulents
Group purple succulents together and see how their rosettes create a fantastic landscape.
23. Baby’s Breath in Purple
With delicate clusters of tiny lavender-pink blooms, baby’s breath can help you create a dreamy and airy effect in your garden.
24. Beautiful Lobelias Garden Landscape
The mix of lush planters and ground cover is perfect to create a contrast against the neutral stone edging in your garden landscape.
25. A Beautiful Chinese Fringe Flower
This Chinese Fringe Flower will add a unique beauty to the landscape with its deep burgundy foliage and gracefully arching branches.
26. Purple Alliums Landscape Idea
Purple alliums are perfect for creating an architectural statement with their tall, spherical blooms. These look stunning, rising above lush greenery.
27. Purple Plants Landscape for Pathway
Use purple-hued plants to create a welcoming atmosphere that your guests will love this way. It’s also easy to recreate!
28. Dark Purple Fire Fern in a Pot
Why not start small and then change your entire landscape if you like it? Dark purple fire ferns are great for this!
29. Purple Landscape With Japanese Maple
The contrast between the Japanese maple’s delicate leaves and the dramatic black pansies adds depth, which suits a patio or deck display well.
30. White Planter with Purple Glories
The dark foliage and striking plumes of ornamental grass complement the white planter. You can create an elegant focal point if you have a similar planter at home.
31. Oxalis in a Wide Planter
This Oxalis looks stunning in a wide planter, with its rich purple foliage cascading. Talk about a pretty landscape of purple plants on a tabletop!
32. Dark Purple Mini Tree Landscaping
The purple mini tree’s rich burgundy foliage and sculptural branches add a bold focal point to your garden. Pair it with tall alliums to create a layered display.
33. Pink and Purple with Chinese Mahogany ‘Flamingo’
See how this Chinese Mahogany ‘Flamingo’ stands out with its pink foliage. Such plants influence the landscape with their delicate and feathery leaves in a brilliant way.
34. Purple Ornamental Millets Landscape Idea
Who said you can’t create a purple plant landscape in the corner? All you have to do is follow this idea.
35. Creeping Phlox Border for Garden
This creeping Phlox border creates a low-maintenance ground cover with its dense carpet of bright purple blooms. Perfect for your walkways!
36. Landscaping with Purple Clematis Plants
Go for the purple clematis and create a breathtaking vertical landscape display with its abundant, star-shaped blooms. Here are more ideas to show it off in the garden!
37. ‘Atropurpurea’ Japanese Barberry
The ‘Atropurpurea’ Japanese Barberry adds a striking, deep burgundy hedge that provides year-round color. It can also be used as a natural privacy screen.
38. Purple Ninebark for Garden Landscaping
Why don’t you try this purple plant landscaping idea? The delicate pink-white blooms will also add seasonal interest to your garden.
Well, which of these are you excited to try? Do share in the comments below!
