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Purple Roses

Purple Colors of Roses for your Garden

Purple roses deserve a "Royal" spot in your garden. The color purple is associated with Grandeur and Elegance, along with royality, as seen in the deep purple robes worn by Kings.

Many shades of purple are available from the softess shades of lavender and mauve ( considered to be very romantic, and highly sought after for wedding bouquets), to the deepest, and darkest shades of dark purple.

Primarilary, purple roses stand for enchantment, or the effect of "love at first sight"

Do you know The Meanings of Purple Roses?

Enchanted Evening Floribunda rose

Among the best lavender roses ever! The full, ruffled blooms wear darker lavender at their centers with a silvery reverse. There are plenty of candelabra flower clusters to enjoy, even late into the season. Their scent is a powerful citrus essence. Superior disease resistance and a compact, rounded habit.

Melody Parfumme Grandiflora

Dark Lavender Deep plum buds mellow to silvery lavender blooms with an intoxicating aroma reminiscent of the acclaimed rose gardens of France.

Strong,Antique Rose fragrance

Plant grows to a Height: 5 ft

This grandiflora exudes a sweet, spice-edged fragrance so intoxicating the French bottled it!

Sweetness Grandiflora rose

As its name implies, Sweetness is a delectable treat for all your senses. A vigorous, healthy grandiflora, Sweetness bursts with soft, versatile lavender color and fills your garden with clusters of high-centered hybrid tea blooms all season.

Bred from the powerfully fragrant French rose Melody Parfumée, Sweetness packs an intoxicating sweet lemon fragrance powerful enough to fill an entire garden! Sweetness is a must-have for gardeners demanding exceptional beauty coupled with superior garden performance.

Not only is the grandiflora form exquisite, but the unusual color charms and delights as well.

Wild Blue Yonder Grandiflora

Each ruffled petal is a unique shade of purple-red highlighted in lavender. A citrusy aroma, generous blooming habit, and exceptional disease resistance.

Citrus,Old Rose fragrance

Height: 4 ft - 5 ft

Fragrant Lavendar Simplicity Hedge Rose

Available from Jackson and Perkins, lovely purple roses for a hedge. Fragrant Lavender Simplicity® combines all the vigorous growth and prolific blooming of classic Simplicity® roses with a sparkling new color and a refreshing citrus scent. Grows 4'-5'

When planting a purple colors of roses in your garden, pay careful attention to the placement of it/them. Planted next to pink, or yellow roses, they look great. White roses, planted near purple ones, can produce a very romantic effect, especially when the garden is viewed at night. But not all shades of red, or orange colored roses blend well with purple.

If you can't decide where in the garden, you can sucessfully plant a desired purple rose, make it a speciman plant! Find a bare corner of the garden, dig a nice shaped bed, and plant it in the center. Plant either smaller, complementing color roses around it, or flowers (annuals or perrinnals) at its base, that will compliment it.

Colors that Blend well

The above picture, is meant to give you an idea of what color roses will blend nicely with a softer shade of lavendar roses. Should you live in zone 6 or above, this collection is available from Jackson & Perkins

Burgandy Iceburg Floribunda rose

Another outstanding relative of the classic ‘Iceberg’. Fortunately, Burgundy Iceberg™ differs from its hardy, exceptionally disease-resistant ancestor only in the deep, wine-purple hue of its abundant blossoms. A compact shrub adapted to borders, mass plantings, or use as a single specimen; medium fragrance.

Muhlenbergia Capillaris

Just as the summer annuals and perennials are passing, these airy plumes arise to fill the sunny garden with cotten-candy wands of soft pink. This native grass forms a neat little mound just perfect for a low hedge, foundation planting, or border accent.

This looks great with purple roses!

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