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Here’s an exclusive list of the most elegant Trees with Purple Flowers! Grow them in your garden for a royal appeal!

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Trees with Purple Flowers

Some trees on this list may not have pure purple blooms. 

1. Jacaranda Tree

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Botanical Name: Jacaranda mimosifolia

This tropical tree displays clusters of aromatic purple panicle flowers. Its arching branches create a beautiful canopy.

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2. Crape Myrtle

Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica

This summer flowering deciduous tree grows up to 15-30 feet tall. Cultivars like ‘Purple Tower’ and ‘Catawba’ produce purple flowers that attract hummingbirds.

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3. Purple Robe Robina

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Botanical Name: Robinia ‘Purple Robe’

This spring-flowering deciduous tree grows up to 20-40 feet tall in full sun or light shade. It grows violet-purple flowers during summer or fall.

4. Common Lilac

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Botanical Name: Syringa vulgaris

The striking fragrant blooms in the shades of light purple, lilac, or lavender make this a great addition to gardens. It flowers in clusters from April or May.

5. Pride of India

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Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia speciosa

This beautiful tree is native to tropical areas and blooms lovely purple flowers in the summer. It can grow up to 25-50 feet tall.

6. Jane Magnolia tree

Botanical Name: Magnolia ‘Jane’

This gorgeous tree is a cross between M. liliflora ‘Reflorescens’ and M. stellata ‘Waterlily.’ The large flowers of this specie come in the shade of burgundy-purple.

7. Purple Satin Rose of Sharon

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Botanical Name: Hibiscus syriacus ‘Purple Satin’

This beautiful specimen offers many vibrant purple double flowers from midsummer to fall. This dwarf tree is fairly easy to grow.

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8. Burgundy Desert Willow

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Botanical Name: Chilopsis linearis ‘Burgundy’

Desert Willow does not relate to true willow trees, but it’s a member of the Bignoniaceae family. The tree blooms purple flowers from May through September.

9. Chaste Tree

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Botanical Name: Vitex agnus-castus

This deciduous, fast-growing, and low-maintenance tree has a shrub-like appearance. It produces fragrant, stunning blue or purple flowers during summer.

10. Purple Bauhinia

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Botanical Name: Bauhinia purpurea

This fast-growing deciduous tree flowers over a long period of time. It offers purple-pink blossoms from September through November.

11. Purple Lily Magnolia

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Botanical Name: Magnolia liliflora

This deciduous shrub boasts pink-purple blossoms in April and early May, making the entire tree look purple-pink from a distance!

12. Royal Purple Smoke Tree

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Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’

‘Royal Purple’ sports tiny blooms on 6-8 inches long panicles that make the tree look full of fine purple hair.

13. Empress Tree

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Botanical Name: Paulownia Ttomentosa

Empress tree grows up to 30-60 feet tall and displays pale violet, foxglove-like blooms. It prefers full sun to partial shade and is not fussy about soil conditions.

14. Lilac

Botanical Name: Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’

Also popular as Meyer lilac or Korean lilac, this slow-growing, deciduous shrub features fragrant pale lilac to violet-purple blossoms in small clusters.

15. Purple Covey

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Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis ‘Covey’

This flowering deciduous tree displays pea-like rose-purple blooms. It flowers abundantly in early spring.

16. Chinese Magnolia

Botanical Name: Magnolia x soulangeana

It’s a hybrid between M.dendudata and M. lilflora. This deciduous tree or shrub displays purple blooms and gets entirely covered in them!

17. Silk Floss Tree

Botanical Name: Ceiba speciosa

This fast-growing, deciduous tree forms a wide canopy and grows pink-purple blooms in summer. It can grow upto 15-40 feet tall.

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