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Purple and Green

October 4, 2013 By Carol Michel 10 Comments

Seems all I can think of these days is silver and gold purple and green.

Purple and Green
Purple and Green
Everyone wishes for Purple and Green
How do you measure its worth?
Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth

Alyssum

Purple and Green
Purple and Green
Everyone wishes for Purple and Green
How do you measure its worth?
Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth

Aster ‘Purple Dome’
 Purple and Green
Purple and Green means so much more when I see
Purple and Green flow’rs and berries throughout my fall garden.
Callicarpa dichotoma  ‘Early Amethyst’

What’s a fall garden without purple and green? It isn’t really a fall garden is it? Just think of all we’d miss if we didn’t have purple and green in our fall gardens?

Liriope sp.

Purple and Green
Purple and Green
Everyone wishes for Purple and Green.
Tricyrtis sp.
 Purple and Green
Purple and Green means so much more when I see
Purple and Green flow’rs and berries throughout my fall garden.

Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Issai’

 With apologies to Burl Ives and Johnny Marks.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: fall, flowers

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  1. Rambling Woods says

    October 4, 2013 at 3:07 am

    Pretty…. My asters and goldenrod are pretty much done… Michelle

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  2. ProfessorRoush says

    October 4, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    At least most of those are purple and not magenta 🙂 My fall garden is a yellow garden; asters, helianthus, etc.

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  3. Dee Nash says

    October 4, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Purple and green are two of my favorite colors!

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  4. Covegirl says

    October 4, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    Love all blues and purples!

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  5. Anonymous says

    October 6, 2013 at 5:59 am

    I adore purples in the garden – so lovely!

    Sheryl @ Flowery Prose

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  6. Pauline says

    October 6, 2013 at 8:39 am

    Where would we be indeed, without purple and green. We have so many asters that fall into that bracket and they look wonderful with green and yellow.

    Reply
  7. Hannah says

    October 6, 2013 at 8:58 am

    So true, my recent post on favorite plant of the week was on a purple and green combination, Eryngium planum 'Jade Frost'.

    Reply
  8. Cerberus German shepherds says

    October 6, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    One day, when I learn what I am doing …I am going to name my gardens..the Gardens of October..because it's the prettiest time of the year here…I love the beauty berry….

    Reply
  9. Sally says

    October 6, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    Purple and green it is! We hear so much about the "autumn" colors and purple isn't one of them…..should be.

    Reply
  10. Commonweeder says

    October 7, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    I was also thinking that purple should be added to the autumnal colors. I have asters, and Grandpa Ott morning glories that are indeed glorious.

    Reply

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