Designing with Purple Flowers | Perennial Combinations for Your Garden | Perennial Garden

Looking to add more purple flowers to your garden? In this video, we’re sharing our favorite purple perennial combinations that look beautiful throughout the season. Purple is such a versatile color in the garden — it plays well with greens, adds contrast to warm colors, and attracts pollinators like crazy.

We walk through 4 planting combinations that Lars and team have used in the borders where he works — blending grasses, perennials, and foliage for structure and long-lasting interest. Whether you're designing a new bed or refreshing an old one, we hope these ideas will be perfect for anyone who loves a naturalistic, cottage-style, or pollinator-friendly garden.

➡️Combination 1:
Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife)
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'Bleeding Hearts’ (False sunflower)
Agastache rugosa 'Alabaster’ (Korean mint)
Eryngium (Sea holly)
Agastache 'Black Adder’

➡️Combination 2:
Geranium 'Rozanne’ (Cranesbill)
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost’ (Siberian bugloss)
Liatris (Blazing star)
Calamagrostis brachytricha (Korean feather reed grass)
Linaria purpurea (Purple toadflax)
Lupinus (Lupine)
Verbena ‘Bampton’

➡️Combination 3:
Astilbe 'Dark Side of the Moon’
Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain’
Penstemon digitalis (Beardtongue)
Allium senescens 'Millenium’ (Ornamental onion)
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light’ (Maiden grass)

➡️Combination 4:
Salvia yangii (Russian sage)
Verbena 'Bampton’
Linaria purpurea
Liatris,
Lythrum salicaria
Heliopsis 'Bleeding Hearts’
Centranthus ruber 'Albus’ (White valerian)

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