@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm In MN :) and will be on the lookout for them this spring, thank you for offering! Color Blaze Lime Time coleus from Proven Winners is my first choice for vibrant chartreuse if available. There are some other bright green coleus colors too. Another chartreuse/lime green plant is Tiger Eye sumac. This is not suppose to be aggressive like the other sumac. It will sucker, but controllably. It’s Fall color went into bright oranges for me-VERY stunning!!
Don't forget the great part of the Elderberry is not just for the birds! The berries are good to make a tasty syrup to take for immunity boost too! I like to let the birds have the top half of the bush, the ones too hard to reach. The rest are for me!
I planted a nine bark this year because you introduced it to me! I love it. I also love the purple Heuchera. Not a shrub but definitely a staple in my garden. Take care!
?Question…. Thank you for focusing on a color-group of plants, this is very helpful! I enjoyed the mahogany splendor hibiscus for the first time this year (MN, zone 4a). Mine were started indoors and transplanted out. LOVE this plant! The dark burgundy had a bluish iridescence where it was planted in full sun. I had cuttings in water to enjoy indoors and they rooted, so those went in soil to see what will happen and a new packet of seeds are waiting for next spring :) ?How close did you have your plants together and how many in one area to get a drift or bush look to them? Also did you pinch or do anything to help the plants stool out more? Thanks for all you do!
I just love your plants so much!! The other one that has purple foliage and spring pink flowers that turn into pretty berries and is smaller than the black lace is the laced up elderberry. It does need a pollinator as well for the berries but it is such a gorgeous Pilar shrub…… a little Dr Seuss ish and thinner for smaller gardens. I am always thrilled to see everything you love to share. Thank you Danielle 🌷🌷
Purple leaf sand cherry is a new addition in my landscape, the new growth glows like fire in the evening sun, while the older growth takes on a dark green to purple tinge. Ninebark is certainly the best for dark foliage use all season!
So appreciate your focused videos!!! I have been looking to add purple or deep foliage to my garden. Thank you for sharing these varieties! Greetings from Michigan! 😊🍁🍂
Crab apple "Prairie Fire" has a special place in my veg & flower garden, but it's more of a tree than a shrub. Among the shrubs, my forsythia turned purple this fall, a welcome surprise, I didn't notice in previous years. Enjoyed your recommendations and will try several. Thanks!!
I have many purple leaved shrubs and love them all! Mahogany splendor hibiscus is absolutely amazing - I could not believe it grew so large in one season. It is very brittle though, and prone to breakage in storms and wind. However, I just used broken limbs as a support for the remaining limbs, and most of them took root and produced more leaves! So no one was any the wiser. Three additions I can offer are Nightglow Diervilla, Wine and Roses weigela, and Red Dragon Contorted Filbert. Hibiscus aren’t shrubs but they act like them, and many have beautiful, dark foliage. Black Diamond crepe myrtles are gorgeous, and though they aren’t very hardy in zone 6, they do eventually form a shrub for me and even flower after several years!
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Oh no! I’ve only had mine a couple of years but haven’t had any trouble, other than occasional deer nibbles. It finally put on some substantial growth this year so I sure hope I don’t lose it! Do you know any more about that?
@@emkn1479 I will try and ask some friends. I remember I had a class where someone mentioned losing a filbert suddenly and then other ppl started nodding and chiming in. When I visited my grandma's house years after her passing I noticed hers was a goner also. I need more education on this.
Ninebark are so great. We had two at our other house, one was called Summer Wine and it got deep burgundy foliage in the fall and we also had one called Diablo that was a dwarf size and had vivid orange and red foliage in the fall. We moved to our current house in 2018 and I plan to add Ninebark as soon as possible. Love your tip about the mahogany hibiscus, will have to add that one!
Love purple in the garden. I purchased some of the black lace elderberry this year and I need to buy some mahogany splendor seeds for next year. It looks so beautiful. Would love to see more Grace in the garden, she's so sweet.
Great idea! I'm going to plant mahogany splendor hibiscus several places I want darker foliage and see if I love it. thanks for the wonderful video! love watching!
Love purple leaf foliage and need to add more! We have two purple leaf flowering plum trees and they are so pretty! And like you, I love the Pearl Glam Beauty Berry! Your sweater color is perfect 💜
I have purpleleaf sandcherry, blackface elderberry and winecraft smokebush. Purple leaf mentions I also have are wine and roses weigelia, plum hibiscus and prairiefire crabapple trees. I was hesitant to get the ninebark because of how large it gets. My garden is just a tow house garden with a side yard, back deck and front yard.
Weigela is another great purple shrub and it reblooms in early summer. Thanks for sharing your garden with us. I look forward to every episode. Bless you & your family.
New sub. Are you a communication major? Great information. I love purple. I believe I will try that last plant black lace elderberry. Great choice. Thanks for sharing.
💜 Purple is my favorite color so I naturally gravitate toward purple flowers but had not given purple foliage much presence in my garden with the exception of heucheras. What an eye-opener! I have two beauty berries, one is an American native and the other is Oriental but neither has purple foliage. I will definitely be looking for more shrubs with purple foliage in the future with an eye toward planting them with chartreuse counterparts. And the mahogany splendor is breathtaking! It will be on my list of seeds to buy for next year. Thank you for another insightful video.
❤️Wow, so much great info! I have never seen the purple berries! I have Solomon seal with blue berries, and a spirea that is turning a reddish purple! Thank you for sharing, love your videos!❤️
I love all your suggestions! Another purple shrub I love is the Sunjoy Mini Maroon barberry. This one is considered non invasive (but still may not ship to some states) and is just so pretty.
I grew the hibiscus for the first time this year and loved it. Its vase life is so good too. Also really enjoyed red perilla which is an almost metallic purple sheen to its leaves.
I needed this information today as I am needing more purple I in my garden . Love them all although I’ve. A small space but I will choose with help from your video thanks again !
I added a ninebark this year too and can already tell I need more. I love the beauty berry too, it's very pretty. Thanks for focusing on purple foliage, my purchase list for next year is expanding!
Yes, yes, yes, to all of those beautiful choices! Danielle, seek out Purple Prince or Plum Dandy Alternanthera for next year. The purple foliage gets darker in Fall(they are still going strong even today and we've had two hard frosts!). This is my second year planted this beauty amongst my flowers in the garden(usually just planted it in flower baskets before). I love how it accentuates the flowers and foliage around it. I planted lime green coleus and Proven Winners Supertunia Latte amongst the alternanthera in large swaths, it was gorgeous!
Don't forget purple heucheras. They might not be exactly a shrub but they're perennial and semi-evergreen, so they last almost all year long. They give so much color and you can just keep on dividing them every year until you have a big drift of them.
@@Ohiogardengoddess I wouldn't necessarily use it for cutting. There are other plants that grow faster than that. I think they're mainly ornamental for your landscape.
I think you should do an entire series on different colors, silver, purple, orange/bronze, chartreuse etc. I recently became obsessed with purple foliage! And I was trying to look for videos like this and I couldn't find many
I have the tall smoke bush. I have cut it down very hard and it comes back Can be done to keep it in shape. Also it reseeded so now have more. Love purple plants
How about castor plant? Fast-growing, stately, mimicking maple leaves. It looks good enough as a centerpiece in a circular garden bed or as an anchor in a bed with shorter plants.
Have you done a video on the best foliage shrubs to grow for cutting, and how to treat them for longevity in the vase? I've just started growing dahlias and an cutting a few for the house but the few sprigs of foliage I cut from bushes seem to shrivel within a day or so.
Love the purple shrubs...are any of these deer resistant? I've grown the hibiscus and that is in my vegetable and cut flower garden with electric fence because we have such a problem with deer.
Danielle, I so enjoyed this video. Although I do not have many purple foliage plants I am adding some year by year to my garden beds. Because of you I am planning to grow the Mahogany Splendor Hibisicus in 2022. And, I know just where it is going as I plan for the spring. I do have a question or two. How much can you prune off the bushes with compromising the growth of the plant? And, do you cut to the bottom of plant near the soil line? Also, I have a red twig dogwood which has been in a year and a half. It did well this year and I would like to use some branches this fall. Could I cut them now and could I take a third of them and it still be fine all winter? You inspire me in growing, arranging, and creating with the flowers I grow. Thank you!!
Hi Janie! Thanks so much for these great questions. The mahogany splendor sends off lots of branches along the main stem. The main stem is very thick. I generally cut the length I need from the lateral stems. For the other bushes on the list I cut the length desired leaving the remainder of the stem on the shrub. Definitely yes on your red twig dogwood question!
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Thank you for guiding me on how to use the stems/branches from various bushes. I seem to have lots of horticultural questions and I appreciate you supplying the answers. Yesterday, I watched a video you made on creating lamb's ear Christmas ornaments. I plan to cut some leaves today [unless the frost last night got them] but I have to get the other supplies together. Can you hold the leaves in a plastic bag and put them in a cool place until you are ready to use them? I am excited about something new for gifts or for our Christmas tree. I hope you have a great wednesday!
@@janiebryant8068 I think that would work! I cut on mine even in the winter. The only thing you want to avoid is the leaves being wet when you go to use them. I hope that helps!
You mention using shrubs in arrangements. Does it take a while for the shrub to produce new branches and can you remove to much foliage? Also, are their some shrubs that are fast growing and are not bothered by cutting?
Do you think a purple leaf tree would look good on the corner of a house? I love the look of purple foliage but worry it won’t pop enough as a focal point
great video, as always🤩 wondering how heavily you can cut from a ninebark for bouquets? Mine is newly planted so I didn't want to cut any this year but hoping I can use some by next year.
Hi there! Thank you for this question. By year three you can really start to cut on it without losing the overall look of the plant. I think you'll definitely be able to take cuts from it next year, but year three is when I really start to notice major growth. A thinning cut rather than a heading cut will help maintain the plants weeping form.
A couple of years ago I bought a hypericum inodurum which has the most amazing bright red " berries " in the summer. In my research I found out about a purple dark leaf variety, Albury Purple which I would like to get but it seems to be rare. Does anyone have experience with the purple leaf hypericum? ( I also love the variegated hypericum moserianum which is almost a ground cover. Sometimes called tricolor. I have a new seedling from it that has a solid lime green leaf, a bright chartreuse, that I am excited about! )
Danielle, do you know if that beauty berry is reliably deer resistant? I’m looking to add a red or purple leaved shrub that is deer resistant and drought distant once established in zone 6.
immersed in purple~ you look great in the purple sweater too! 💜💜💜
Really liked this video. I really appreciate seeing plants in home gardens during different seasons. Thanks!
Love seeing recommendations for purple foliage. Would love to see recommendations for chartreuse shrubs.
I love the two colors together!
My two favorite colors as well!
I’m looking to find: Aralia Sun King Golden Japanese Spikenard for the chartreuse color. Have you seen that one?
@@georgette9097 yes! I have a few sun king aralia! Are you near central pa? I can direct your towards some nurseries.
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm In MN :) and will be on the lookout for them this spring, thank you for offering!
Color Blaze Lime Time coleus from Proven Winners is my first choice for vibrant chartreuse if available. There are some other bright green coleus colors too.
Another chartreuse/lime green plant is Tiger Eye sumac. This is not suppose to be aggressive like the other sumac. It will sucker, but controllably. It’s Fall color went into bright oranges for me-VERY stunning!!
I love the way your lavender sweater played off the purple plants! Great choice!
Don't forget the great part of the Elderberry is not just for the birds!
The berries are good to make a tasty syrup to take for immunity boost too!
I like to let the birds have the top half of the bush, the ones too hard to reach.
The rest are for me!
Great video as always! I love the pearl glam beautyberry!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌿🌳💚 SO helpful; thank you!! 👏🏻👏🏻😊
I have 2 rose glow barberry and a crimson barberry in my yard. They are beautiful but thorny!
I planted a nine bark this year because you introduced it to me! I love it. I also love the purple Heuchera. Not a shrub but definitely a staple in my garden. Take care!
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Thank you for focusing on a color-group of plants, this is very helpful! I enjoyed the mahogany splendor hibiscus for the first time this year (MN, zone 4a). Mine were started indoors and transplanted out. LOVE this plant! The dark burgundy had a bluish iridescence where it was planted in full sun. I had cuttings in water to enjoy indoors and they rooted, so those went in soil to see what will happen and a new packet of seeds are waiting for next spring :)
?How close did you have your plants together and how many in one area to get a drift or bush look to them? Also did you pinch or do anything to help the plants stool out more?
Thanks for all you do!
I just love your plants so much!! The other one that has purple foliage and spring pink flowers that turn into pretty berries and is smaller than the black lace is the laced up elderberry. It does need a pollinator as well for the berries but it is such a gorgeous Pilar shrub…… a little Dr Seuss ish and thinner for smaller gardens. I am always thrilled to see everything you love to share. Thank you Danielle 🌷🌷
Love your garden so much! The layers are beautiful. I appreciate you sharing your love and knowledge of the garden as it's helping me plan ours.
Purple leaf sand cherry is a new addition in my landscape, the new growth glows like fire in the evening sun, while the older growth takes on a dark green to purple tinge. Ninebark is certainly the best for dark foliage use all season!
So thankful I just found your channel! Watching from Bedford, Pennsylvania 😍
So appreciate your focused videos!!! I have been looking to add purple or deep foliage to my garden. Thank you for sharing these varieties! Greetings from Michigan! 😊🍁🍂
Crab apple "Prairie Fire" has a special place in my veg & flower garden, but it's more of a tree than a shrub. Among the shrubs, my forsythia turned purple this fall, a welcome surprise, I didn't notice in previous years. Enjoyed your recommendations and will try several. Thanks!!
I have many purple leaved shrubs and love them all! Mahogany splendor hibiscus is absolutely amazing - I could not believe it grew so large in one season. It is very brittle though, and prone to breakage in storms and wind. However, I just used broken limbs as a support for the remaining limbs, and most of them took root and produced more leaves! So no one was any the wiser. Three additions I can offer are Nightglow Diervilla, Wine and Roses weigela, and Red Dragon Contorted Filbert. Hibiscus aren’t shrubs but they act like them, and many have beautiful, dark foliage. Black Diamond crepe myrtles are gorgeous, and though they aren’t very hardy in zone 6, they do eventually form a shrub for me and even flower after several years!
Great additions Emily!! Thank you! Do you have any trouble with your Flibert? I hear about people losing them suddenly.
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Oh no! I’ve only had mine a couple of years but haven’t had any trouble, other than occasional deer nibbles. It finally put on some substantial growth this year so I sure hope I don’t lose it! Do you know any more about that?
@@emkn1479 I will try and ask some friends. I remember I had a class where someone mentioned losing a filbert suddenly and then other ppl started nodding and chiming in. When I visited my grandma's house years after her passing I noticed hers was a goner also. I need more education on this.
Ninebark are so great. We had two at our other house, one was called Summer Wine and it got deep burgundy foliage in the fall and we also had one called Diablo that was a dwarf size and had vivid orange and red foliage in the fall. We moved to our current house in 2018 and I plan to add Ninebark as soon as possible. Love your tip about the mahogany hibiscus, will have to add that one!
Love purple in the garden. I purchased some of the black lace elderberry this year and I need to buy some mahogany splendor seeds for next year. It looks so beautiful. Would love to see more Grace in the garden, she's so sweet.
Very beautiful garden! Wonderful flowers 🌳🌲!
Great idea! I'm going to plant mahogany splendor hibiscus several places I want darker foliage and see if I love it. thanks for the wonderful video! love watching!
Danielle, your video quality is amazing!! Definitely loving the camera upgrade ☺️
Love purple leaf foliage and need to add more! We have two purple leaf flowering plum trees and they are so pretty! And like you, I love the Pearl Glam Beauty Berry! Your sweater color is perfect 💜
Loved this video Danielle! Please do expand the series, then maybe blue foliage, etc! 🙏🏼❤️🙌🏻🙌
I have purpleleaf sandcherry, blackface elderberry and winecraft smokebush. Purple leaf mentions I also have are wine and roses weigelia, plum hibiscus and prairiefire crabapple trees. I was hesitant to get the ninebark because of how large it gets. My garden is just a tow house garden with a side yard, back deck and front yard.
Loved this video. That black lace elderberry would be perfect for a hedge row for pollinators. Thank you for the idea!
Thank you for this video!
First of all your garden is beautiful and thank you for sharing it 😊
Weigela is another great purple shrub and it reblooms in early summer. Thanks for sharing your garden with us. I look forward to every episode. Bless you & your family.
New sub. Are you a communication major? Great information. I love purple. I believe I will try that last plant black lace elderberry. Great choice. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tips !!! 😁 Love purple 😉
💜 Purple is my favorite color so I naturally gravitate toward purple flowers but had not given purple foliage much presence in my garden with the exception of heucheras. What an eye-opener! I have two beauty berries, one is an American native and the other is Oriental but neither has purple foliage. I will definitely be looking for more shrubs with purple foliage in the future with an eye toward planting them with chartreuse counterparts. And the mahogany splendor is breathtaking! It will be on my list of seeds to buy for next year. Thank you for another insightful video.
I added a little devil ninebark this year. I love the color. It looks gorgeous with my ornamental grasses.
❤️Wow, so much great info! I have never seen the purple berries! I have Solomon seal with blue berries, and a spirea that is turning a reddish purple! Thank you for sharing, love your videos!❤️
It’s my favorite color and I have most of your list. I am definitely going to try to get the mahogany hibiscus seed for next year.
Good list Danielle! I’ve seen a mature Black lace elderberry that was covered in blooms to a height of at least 15 feet or more, stunning visual!
Good point regarding purple shrubs!
I love all your suggestions! Another purple shrub I love is the Sunjoy Mini Maroon barberry. This one is considered non invasive (but still may not ship to some states) and is just so pretty.
I grew the hibiscus for the first time this year and loved it. Its vase life is so good too. Also really enjoyed red perilla which is an almost metallic purple sheen to its leaves.
I saw the red perilla at Johnny's seeds and was thinking about trying it for next year. I grew regular perilla and holy smokes it got big.
Just bought some Mahogany Splendor seeds. Looking forward to adding some purple to my garden.
Another great video thank you😀
I needed this information today as I am needing more purple I in my garden . Love them all although I’ve. A small space but I will choose with help from your video thanks again !
I added a ninebark this year too and can already tell I need more. I love the beauty berry too, it's very pretty. Thanks for focusing on purple foliage, my purchase list for next year is expanding!
Yes, yes, yes, to all of those beautiful choices! Danielle, seek out Purple Prince or Plum Dandy Alternanthera for next year. The purple foliage gets darker in Fall(they are still going strong even today and we've had two hard frosts!). This is my second year planted this beauty amongst my flowers in the garden(usually just planted it in flower baskets before). I love how it accentuates the flowers and foliage around it. I planted lime green coleus and Proven Winners Supertunia Latte amongst the alternanthera in large swaths, it was gorgeous!
Have to be on the lookout for the beauty berry! I have the proud berry coral berry shrub but those purple berries and foliage are stunning😍
Don't forget purple heucheras. They might not be exactly a shrub but they're perennial and semi-evergreen, so they last almost all year long. They give so much color and you can just keep on dividing them every year until you have a big drift of them.
how are they as a cut plant?
@@Ohiogardengoddess I wouldn't necessarily use it for cutting. There are other plants that grow faster than that. I think they're mainly ornamental for your landscape.
I think you should do an entire series on different colors, silver, purple, orange/bronze, chartreuse etc. I recently became obsessed with purple foliage! And I was trying to look for videos like this and I couldn't find many
Thanks for this great idea Holly!
I have Pearlific too. Really liking it. Has only been in for a year so far. My Mom loves the Elderberry!
Great video!
Coleus, purple basil and amaranth are the purple plants in my garden right now.
I have the tall smoke bush. I have cut it down very hard and it comes back Can be done to keep it in shape. Also it reseeded so now have more. Love purple plants
I have one, too. I like the “spooky” appearance :)
I'll be doing some research to see if any of these selections will work in my full to part shade yard.
How about castor plant? Fast-growing, stately, mimicking maple leaves. It looks good enough as a centerpiece in a circular garden bed or as an anchor in a bed with shorter plants.
Have you done a video on the best foliage shrubs to grow for cutting, and how to treat them for longevity in the vase? I've just started growing dahlias and an cutting a few for the house but the few sprigs of foliage I cut from bushes seem to shrivel within a day or so.
have you tried a Loropetalum? Thanks so much for your channel, I really love it :)
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Love the purple shrubs...are any of these deer resistant? I've grown the hibiscus and that is in my vegetable and cut flower garden with electric fence because we have such a problem with deer.
Nice video. Can u do a video on grasses
Danielle, I so enjoyed this video. Although I do not have many purple foliage plants I am adding some year by year to my garden beds. Because of you I am planning to grow the Mahogany Splendor Hibisicus in 2022. And, I know just where it is going as I plan for the spring. I do have a question or two. How much can you prune off the bushes with compromising the growth of the plant? And, do you cut to the bottom of plant near the soil line?
Also, I have a red twig dogwood which has been in a year and a half. It did well this year and I would like to use some branches this fall. Could I cut them now and could I take a third of them and it still be fine all winter? You inspire me in growing, arranging, and creating with the flowers I grow. Thank you!!
Hi Janie! Thanks so much for these great questions. The mahogany splendor sends off lots of branches along the main stem. The main stem is very thick. I generally cut the length I need from the lateral stems. For the other bushes on the list I cut the length desired leaving the remainder of the stem on the shrub. Definitely yes on your red twig dogwood question!
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Thank you for guiding me on how to use the stems/branches from various bushes. I seem to have lots of horticultural questions and I appreciate you supplying the answers. Yesterday, I watched a video you made on creating lamb's ear Christmas ornaments. I plan to cut some leaves today [unless the frost last night got them] but I have to get the other supplies together. Can you hold the leaves in a plastic bag and put them in a cool place until you are ready to use them? I am excited about something new for gifts or for our Christmas tree. I hope you have a great wednesday!
@@janiebryant8068 I think that would work! I cut on mine even in the winter. The only thing you want to avoid is the leaves being wet when you go to use them. I hope that helps!
You mention using shrubs in arrangements. Does it take a while for the shrub to produce new branches and can you remove to much foliage? Also, are their some shrubs that are fast growing and are not bothered by cutting?
What is your preferred spacing for mahogany hibiscus? How many stems do you generally get from each plant?
Do you think a purple leaf tree would look good on the corner of a house? I love the look of purple foliage but worry it won’t pop enough as a focal point
great video, as always🤩
wondering how heavily you can cut from a ninebark for bouquets? Mine is newly planted so I didn't want to cut any this year but hoping I can use some by next year.
Hi there! Thank you for this question. By year three you can really start to cut on it without losing the overall look of the plant. I think you'll definitely be able to take cuts from it next year, but year three is when I really start to notice major growth. A thinning cut rather than a heading cut will help maintain the plants weeping form.
Could you tell me the variety of purple Mexican sagebrush you have planted? Thank you!
Thanks. Does the Mahogany Splendor Hibiscus produce a blossom?
A couple of years ago I bought a hypericum inodurum which has the most amazing bright red " berries " in the summer. In my research I found out about a purple dark leaf variety, Albury Purple which I would like to get but it seems to be rare. Does anyone have experience with the purple leaf hypericum?
( I also love the variegated hypericum moserianum which is almost a ground cover. Sometimes called tricolor. I have a new seedling from it that has a solid lime green leaf, a bright chartreuse, that I am excited about! )
I’m wonder if you pinch mahogany hibiscus when it’s young?
Danielle, do you know if that beauty berry is reliably deer resistant? I’m looking to add a red or purple leaved shrub that is deer resistant and drought distant once established in zone 6.
6:00 how could you not mention the dece occidentalis. They are somewhat close but they will continue to make a nice sun wind shield.
Does pearl glam beauty berry bush need male and female to get berries ?
Hi Agnes! It does not need a pollinator.