Pasque flower, Pulsatilla vulgaris, Close front view of one open purple flower with masses of yellow stamens and surounded with furry feathery foliage, Another flower behind.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Purple buds and emerging flowers on long green stems.g

Foxglove tree, Paulownia tomentosa, Purple flowers on a panicle on a tree in the spring.

Glory bush, Tibouchina urvilleana, Purple flower with prominent stamen on an evergreen shrub.

Canna indica, Close up of unusual purple seed pods in autumn.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant harvest of purple sloe berries and a few leaves from the shrub.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant harvest of purple sloe berries.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant purple sloe berries growing on a shrub in the autumn in the New Forest.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant purple sloe berries growing on a shrub in the autumn in the New Forest.

Rose mallow 'Blue Bird', Hibiscus syriacus 'Oiseau Bleu', A single purple blue flower with white stamens.

Rose mallow 'Blue Bird', Hibiscus syriacus 'Oiseau Bleu', Purple blue buds opening among green leaves on a shrub.

Agapanthus africanus, Close view of blue purple flowers emerging, from an umbel shaped flowerhead, against a green background.