These three roses have the most purple blooms in my garden. They all have "blue" in their names. LOL.

Rhapsody In Blue

Veilchenblau

Midnight Blue

Wow, so many great purples. I need to get some Lupine, Peach leaved bellflower and perhaps Wisteria. Need to research to see if they will grow here.

A couple more:

Spiderwort

Tall Ironweed

Bugleweed

Brad

More daylilies

Applique

Purple Riot

Lavender Frost

Belle Isle Sentry

Vintage Wine

Emperor Butterfly

a friend's seedling

Brad

@Brad KY 6b For whatever reason, I'm very unsuccessful with lupine! But I've found the peach-leaved bellflower to be very easy. Here's a better photo of it, it's taller in the spring flush but if you cut the flower spikes to the ground when they're done, you'll get a shorter flush after. I like your spiderwort, I have a pass along variety that thrives in shade, and this year I plan to add prairie spiderwort, a full sun variety that is native here.

Brad, gorgeous daylilies! What a wonderful variety of purples!

I have several new ones coming from Gilbert H Wild. It is so easy for me to go a little crazy when ordering. Lol

@cecily 7A Very pretty! What is the tall purple-flowered plant in your first picture?

-Chris

Hey Chris, that's campanula glomerata. It's a thug (spreads aggressively by rhizomes) unless you mistreat it. The one pictured is thriving in a hot, very dry area with no supplemental water so I don't want to think about how fast it would spread in moist soil.

The Peachleaved bellflower catches my notice also....I don't have much luck with campanulas but think this one has a reputation for being easier. Your climate and soil are very different than mine ( z 7a NC), Magpie, so I'd expect some things to be easy for you that aren't for me and easy for me that aren't for you. It's impressive how many plants you know to grow and grow well considering you say you haven't been gardening that long.

Feiy Lo, that lisianthus is such a pretty, saturated color. I'm trying nemophilas for the first time this spring. Seeds are up.

Brad, that Belle Isle Sentry is a beauty among beauties.

Midnight Blue is one of my best purple roses....it's so dark and purple and has a wonderful fragrance. Reblooms so well. Not very fussy. It's hard to capture the color.

I grew the lupine from Russell lupine seeds. They were easy to sprout and grow. Grew them on in pots then planted in the ground in fall. They didn't last in my garden. I think it gets too hot here. There are lupines at Annie's Annuals that sound like they can tolerate more heat.

So many luscious purples. I especially like the deep saturated colour of many.

Aconitum napellus.

Allium senescens

Aster (because it is easier than Symphyotrichum) Purple Dome.

C. persicifolia

C. Pritchard's Variety rides the edge of blue/purple.

C. sarastro is firmly in the purple.

Clematis Multi-Blue is not well named, at least for me.

Hosta clausa

H. Goober

Iris s.

Iris s. Blue Butterfly. Another misnomer.

Iris s. Contrast in Styles

Lavender

Lupine

Nepeta

Salvia Caradonna with Nepeta behind.

Tradescantia Concorde Grape

Vernonia c. Mammuth

Thank you, Erasmus. I appreciate that a lot! I've been gardening for 4 years so far, this coming season will be #5. I grow most of my plants from seed (with roses, clematis, bulbs etc. as the exceptions, plus a few more here and there) and that enables me to be able to afford to try a large variety of plants for my budget. (Though I shudder to think of what I've spent on seeds over the years). A large majority of seeds that I've tried to direct sow have failed, so it was a really helpful skill for me to learn how to successfully start seedlings indoors. Also I rarely duplicate plants so I am able to cram many different kinds in the space I have. My absolute lack of repetition and symmetry will ensure that my garden is never featured in a magazine 😅 I also basically never post photos of my many garden fails, of course!

Some more purple to stay on theme:

Don't recall the name of this dwarf phlox, but sure is a good one with a lengthy bloom period and rebloom.

erasmus, I got that Voyage 2 Blue from Johnny's and tried growing lisianthus from seed for the first time last year. It's a true purple that complements bright yellows and deep oranges in the garden. However, I don't think I'll try again. It takes forever to mature. I started growing indoors in early January and the first flower appeared in mid-August. Anything that could go wrong has gone wrong. Temperature, water, amount of sunlight, I mean anything. I started with 45 seeds and less than half of them survived to flowering. Damping off seemed to be a big problem during our long wet spring. It does need a higher temperature than I have, not too much water and a lot of sun. I think your climate is much better to give it a try. I also think afternoon shade would be nice if your summer temperatures are too high.

Also, I'm a big fan of Midnight Blue. It is not only fragrant and shade-tolerant, but also shows different shades according to the temperature. Its deep, velvety purple is always stunning in cooler weather. I've rarely heard of anyone liking it. So happy to find one!

Peren.al, now those are some lupines! What a dream. I like the c. sarastro a lot. Looked it up...sounds like it could be happy here. Says it spreads slowly by rhizomes.

erasmus I do hope you find some Lupins that work for you. C. Sarastro is terrific. It is a very contained spreader, not a thug by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm thinking arroyo lupine or some bush lupine might work here. I have never understood why Texas bluebonnets seem difficult outside of TX. It's plenty hot there. Seems they could adapt to NC. The Russell lupines I tried made a small show but much appreciated. Just can't expect them to get established here I guess. That's good to know about C. Sarastro. Do you find that some campanulas are easier than others? I grew Canterbury Bells successfully one year but another year the plants just melted away in the heat.

Feiy,

I grew lisianthus a long time ago from small plants bought, but I don't see them offered that much. Have looked at seeds but like you said, they sound like they take forever. Plants are getting so expensive...seeds are a way around that. I bought a few little hyacinths in tiny pots at Walmart a year or two ago ...they were $1 each. This year they're $1.39 each.

Mischievous Magpie, thanks for the info on lupine and peach-leaved bellflower. I will look for the latter.

erasmus_gw, Belle Isle Sentry is one of my favorites. It is the first to bloom, blooms very well, and reblooms at the end of the summer.

Brad

Yes erasmus Campanula Kent Belle is another really good one. It is a paler purple than Sarastro.

C. carpatica Blue Clips & White Clips are very short/compact with huge flowers relative to the size of the plant.

C. poscharskyana is another lovely one. It is a contained spreader that is never aggressive.

C. persicifolia has been shown here. It is another easy one. It comes in white as well.

There is one species of Campanula to run screaming from - punctata. I had Elizabeth and Cherry Bells. I have been trying to rid the garden of them for years. They are insidious. By the time you realize they have spread underground with horrid elastic roots that snap when you try to dig/pull them out. They will also spread by seed.

C. Kent Belle

Peren, I really like persicifolia. So pretty.

Brad

Phlox divaricata

Siberian Iris "Caesar's Brother":

Monkshood:

Geranium magnificum:

Aster:

Campanula glomerata:

Baptisia:

I've got lots more purple/blue, gotta snap more pics this year!

Favorite color here also, so I’m loving this thread...such beautiful pics!

Geranium Rozanne

Veronica Royal candles

Culvers root

Lilac and May night salvia

Campanula Poscharskyana

Lupine

Beautiful additions. Thanks for more info on campanulas, Peren.all. Especially about the invasive one. Have had my eye on portenschlagiana I think it is. I will not give up on them and will try a few . Penstemon is another one that does not last long here. I want to ask librariangardener which of hers seem to tolerate more moisture.

mxk I would watch that Campanula glomerata. I used to like it before it became super aggressive by roots & seeds.

Peren I’ve got some also...so far so good. Here with geranium Johnson blue.

Such a great thread. Lots of flowers I didn't know of or didn't know the names of before this. And my favorite color to boot. I now need a bigger yard! Perhaps I can slip some in between my daylilies.

Garden-Ho, very nice Lilac and May night salvia and Lupine.

Mxk3, I like your Aster, Monk's Hood and Geranium magnificum. So Pretty.

Yep mine were good until they weren't. I have a real hate on for them now. I just wanted to give fair warning. Both you & mxk seem to have young ones but I'd bet if you dug you would see roots starting to spread where you don't want them, if not yet then soon. Save yourselves!! lol.

So many lovely pictures posted here!! Blue and purple are my favorite colors in the garden. Here are a few pics:

I have such lupine envy...

I just found one picture of purple basil.

I love all these purples! I think I may have to get some purple daylilies!!

I have plants that are supposed to be Purple but look more blue and supposed to be Blue but look more purple ...not sure who/how to post lol..blue or purple..it gets dicey :p

King of Siam waterlily..supposed to be blue but is deep violet.

Spirit of freedeom can get very lavender or lilac

Plum Perfect

Lavender English Orpington hen..she's a good garden helper!

Like No Other

Tropical hibiscus lavender center

Mexican Petunia

JMG opening

Purple Dahlia

Purple Hyacinth Bean

Reine de Violettes

Tropical Hibiscus standard I got on clearance at HD 14 yrs ago. It gets lavenders and greys and is irridescent in the light. The flowers are as big as someones head sometimes.

Amistad Salvia and Carpenter Bee

Lavender eggplant

Purple Japanese Morning glory..feathered type

Lavender Lady Passiflora

Lavender Crush

Stainless Steel

Japanese Morning Glory

Liatris

Angel Face

Belotti Passiflora

Banana Flower deep purpley maroon on a cool fall morning

Royal Purple Bougainvillea

Quicksilver

More to share.....

Echinops

Clematis

Veronica sunny border blue

Allium

Alium Millinium

Balloon flowers

Lots of my favorite salvia..Crystal blue

Up close with clematis

Delphiiums

Dusky Challenger

And I can't get lupine to grow either. It ticks me off!

A few more...

Verbascum

Columbine

Sweet pea

A few more:

Native American Wisteria. I love this vine. Not aggressive here as are the Asiatic species.

@sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)

Following is the picture you posted earlier in this thread. I am wondering if the rose is Distant Drums? What a color! love it

This iris - 'Crimson King' from the 19th century, is all over our garden. It was growing here when we moved in - I have moved some of them around, but did not buy any. Here they start blooming in mid winter (Dec/Jan) and into the late Spring. My FIL told me that his grandmother planted them originally, and called them "flags".

Jackie

forever_a_newbie, Yes that is Distant Drums. I have three and I love them. They are great bloomers and disease resistant.

I really like Blue for You.

Rosegeek, I really love my Blue For You as well .

sultry, thanks! it is great to hear DD is healthy for you. I read so much about its BS issue and nice to know it does good for some! Perhaps I will be one of the lucky people 😊

RoseGeek and Kristine, your Blue For You is so beautiful. I really wanted one, to the point that I bought some cuttings in ebay this summer (and Poseidons) at quite a cost and none rooted. Finally now I can admire others’ blooms happily without wanting one for myself any more 🌹

Kristine, I want a few more this year. i love how frilly it is. 🥰 Foreveranewbi, I am so excited you will be able to buy one from Palatine this season. 🥰

Charles De Gaulle

Blue for You

Lauren

Salvia "Amistad" remains a temperennial and sometimes hardy perennial favorite. Abundant growth and flowering over a long season.