green and yellow leafed plants and just about any brightly colored flower. The tiny purple flowers look like smoke when in bloom, giving this unique and showy shrub its name. The purple leaves may also be used to make dyes for the craftyminded person.
‘Night Sky’ Galaxy petunia
‘Blue Hill’ sage pinks to intense dark purples. My favorite ‘Blue Hill’ features bright blue-purple flowers and a nice compact form. Russian sages grow upright and can get quite tall. They usually bloom in late summer, when not much else is blooming, with soft periwinkle flowers that look like a purple cloud. Consider growing ‘Crazy Blue’, ‘Cherokee Purple’ tomato a compact selection with very Russian’ kale and ‘Purple Sails’ showy long blooming flowers. lettuce which give us delicious, We can also eat our purples. nutritious and showy leaves for ‘Cherokee Purple’ tomatoes sautéing, salads, and garden create oddly shaped fruits with accents. deep purple flesh and reddishpurple meat that, in my opinion, Want to add some purple are one of the tastiest tomatoes to your containers or carpet you can grow. There’s also ‘Red the landscape with purple?
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Look to Galaxy petunias. The inky purple ‘Night Sky’ and amethyst-colored ‘Gemini’ vigorously spill over containers or create a showy groundcover. Both produce sweetly scented flowers with many white speckles that resemble a starry night. With proper fertilizer and ‘Forever Purple’ heuchera water, Galaxy petunias will put I like adding plants with white on a fabulous show all season and yellow flowers and foliage long. to give contrast to these purple You don’t need big blooms to beauties. The color of royalty, create a striking purple effect. I think we all deserve a little ‘Forever Purple’ coral bells purple in our lives. adds unreal purple color to the shady garden. I think they took a leaf off of ‘Forever Purple’ Photo credits: ‘Mini Mauvette‘ when Pantone chose Ultra hydrangea courtesy Proven Violet for their color of the year. Winners, ‘Blue Hill’ sage and To add a large dramatic purple ‘Walker’s Low’ catmint courtesy punch to the garden look to Walter’s Gardens, Inc.; All ‘Royal Purple’ smoke bush. The others courtesy Ann Lapides. burgundy-purple leaves add an intense color backdrop to
Ginkgo Special during May, 30% OFF all ginkgo trees.
We have 51 different ginkgo cultivarsall male -3 gallon up to 25 gallon size
There are a few extra rare ginkgo trees not included in this special sale.
Granite Sculptures! LOOK:
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Hand carved in China for your Asian garden, at home, or in a business setting. Lanterns, benches, animals, people, fountains, mailboxes, tables, pedestals … .
MAY 2018
The Gateway Gardener™
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