Purple Leaf Shrub With Yellow Flowers

Many purple leafed plants also have beautifully toned young spring growth.

Purple leaf shrub with yellow flowers. Black lace weigela florida wine and roses is a deciduous shrub with reddish pink flowers in spring and purple foliage zones 4 8. Foliis purpureais sports green leaves with purple new growth. Abelia x grandiflora hopleys is variegated form of abelia x grandiflora with green leaves and yellow margins. It bears masses of fragrant pink and white flowers throughout summer and into autumn.

The wood of the cotinus coggygria from southern europe and central asian is often used in yellow dyes. Shrubs and trees used in landscapes are predominantly different shades of green so a good way to add zip and zest is to use plants with leaves of different colors. Purple leaved trees and shrubs are one option. Grow in a sunny sheltered site ideally in front of a south facing wall or at the back of a border.

You ll find these plants in zones 4 8 and they can grow up to 15 feet tall. Velvet cloak dark purple resists fading and turns a spectacular red color in fall. Stock images including perennial plants annuals shrubs bulbs trees etc. Elderberry sambucus nigra black beauty is a deciduous shrub with deep rich purple dissected foliage and pink flowers in spring followed by edible purplish black berries zones 4 8.

Plants with purple leaves are a boon in summer when their dramatically dark foliage works hard to provide a striking contrast with bright flowers.