Garden Color Schemes – Pinks To Purples
- List of perennials with shades of pink to purple. Work them into your existing gardens or start a pink to purple spectrum theme garden.
Garden highlighted with shades of pink to purple.
- Color variety in the flowers I selected include some deep magenta and off-whites that will highlight themselves in the pink to purple spectrum.
- Coldest Hardiness Zone Number : (x) or : (x) suitable (x) * Winter over in protected area.
- Click on the Dutch Gardens link to find all the plants on this page and a lot more. At Dutch Gardens you can search according to color scheme. Have fun!
- I’ve put together a nice assortment of plants ranging from light pinks to dark purple which will compliment any garden in the Northeast. I call this my “Donna” garden; named after a friend who absolutely loves the color purple.
Border Plants: Click the Tiny Images to Enlarge
Evening Star Dianthus, Dianthus ‘ Devon Flores’ - Ht: 6″ - Spacing: 12-18″: (3) 
Coral Bells, Heuchera ‘Amethyst Myst’ – Ht: 6″ - Sp: 15-20″: (3) 
Armeria maritima ‘Armada Rose’ – Height: 6-8″ - Spacing: 12″: (3) 
Epimedium x rubrum – Height: 8-12″ - Spacing: 18″: (4) 
Lavender Astilbe, Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’ - Height: 8-10″‘ - Sp: 10-12″: (3) 
2nd Tier Plants:
Phlox paniculata ‘Aureole’ PPAF – Height: 18-20″ - Spacing: 18-24″: (4) 
Sedum ‘Abbeydore’ – Height: 18″ - Spacing: 18″: (3) 
Scabiosa ‘Beaujolais Bonnets’ – Height: 20-24″ - Spacing: 12-18″: (4) 
Blueberry Sundae Daylily – Height: 20″ - Spacing: 18-24″: (3) 
‘Double Blue’ – Height: 20-24″ - Spacing: 18-24″: (3) 
3rd Tier Plants:
Liatris spicat – Height: 20-30″ - Spacing: 6-8″: (3) 
Amaryllis belladonna – Height: 24-36″ - Spacing: 8-10″: (7) *suitable (3) 
Iris germaic hybrids – Height: 30-40″ - Spacing: 12-14″: (3) 
Digitalis ‘Candy Moutain’ – Height: 30-36″ - Spacing: 12-24″: (4) 
Final Touch Daylily – Height: 32″ - Spacing: 18-24″: (3) 
Echinacea ‘All That Jazz’ – Height: 30-36″ - Spacing: 18-24″: (4) 
Iris germaic hybrids - Height: 30-40″ - Spacing: 12-14″: (3) 
Tall Background Plants:
Anchusa azurea - Height: 3-4′ - Spacing: 24″: (3) 
Angelica, Angelica gigas – Height: 4-6′ - Spacing: 3′: (4) 
Veronicastrum virginicum – Height: 4-5′ - Spacing: 24″: (3) 
Delphinium elatum ‘Blushing Brides’ – Ht: 4-6′ - Sp: 24″: (3) 
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Huron Sunrise’ – Ht: 5-6′ - Spacing: 3-4′: (4) 
