Feature: Purple Flowers in May #2

Feature: Purple Flowers in May #2

Feature: Purple Flowers in May #2

Although some time has passed since the "Feature: Purple Flowers in May #1," we are continuing with the "Feature: Purple Flowers in May #2."

In the previous feature, we introduced representative purple flowers of May, such as Iris species including Iris, Rabbit-Ear Iris, Japanese Iris, and Bearded Iris, as well as Iris tectorum, Japanese Iris, and Hydrangea species like Hydrangea macrophylla, Lacecap Hydrangea, and Amachazuru. In this "Feature: Purple Flowers in May #2," we will introduce Clematis, Wisteria, and various herbs.

Note that even though these flowers are considered purple, there are variations like red-purple, blue-purple, and even pinkish or pale lavender shades. Additionally, some flowers have small actual purple blooms, but their supporting sepals are more prominent.

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Clematis 'Mrs. N. Thompson'

Clematis 'Mrs. N. Thompson'

Clematis 'Mrs. N. Thompson' (scientific name: Clematis 'Mrs. N. Thompson') is a horticultural cultivar of cold-hardy vine dwelling plants of the genus Clematis (Clematis) in the family Ranunculaceae.

Sage

Sage

Sage (Scientific name: Salvia officinalis) is a semi-hardy dwarf herb and medicinal salvia of the genus Salvia, native to the Mediterranean. Although the term "sage" refers to this species, there are

Shiragami kuwagat

Shiragami kuwagat

Shiragami kuwagata (scientific name: Pseudolysimachion schmidtianum subsp. senanense var. shiragamiense) is a perennial plant endemic to the Shirakami Mountains in the family Pteridophyllaceae. It is

Sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia leucophylla, aka the white-topped pitcher plant, or crimson pitcherplant (scientific name: Sarracetnia leucophylla) is native to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in North America, and the fa

Soldanella alpine

Soldanella alpine

Soldanella alpine, Alpine Snowbell or Iwakagami damashi (scientific name: Soldanella alpine) is an evergreen perennial plant of the family Primulaceae belonging to the alpine origin of the European A

Griffinia supreme

Griffinia supreme

Griffinia 'Spureme' (scientific name: Griffinia hybrid 'supreme') is a small, semi-hardy bulb plant of the family Amaryllidaceae, native to South America. The plant height is low. From spring to autum

Salvia sperba 'Mellow Blue'

Salvia sperba 'Mellow Blue'

Salvia sperba 'Mellow Blue' (scientific name: Salvia × superba 'Mellow Blue') is a semi-evergreen to evergreen perennial herb of the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, the Mediterranean coast and We

Flax

Flax

Flax or Linseed (Linum usitatissimum) is an annual herb of the family Amaranthaceae, native to the Caucasus, Middle East and Eurasia. It grows to about 1.2 meters tall with thin stems. The leaves are

Lithospermum zollingeri

Lithospermum zollingeri

Lithospermum zollingeri (Scientific name: Lithospermum zollingeri) is an evergreen perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae, native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. It grows wild in fields and fore

Lilac hibiscus

Lilac hibiscus

Blue Hibiscus or Lilac hibiscus (Scientific name: Alyogyne huegelii) is a non-cold evergreen shrub in the family Malvaceae, native to Australia. Blue hibiscus is also known as lilac hibiscus because

Spray Carnation

Spray Carnation

Spray Carnation (Scientific name: Dianthus caryophyllus 'Spray type') is one of the horticultural varieties of the carnation (Carnation, Scientific name: Dianthus caryophyllus), a cold-tolerant perenn

Nemesia 'Penblu'

Nemesia 'Penblu'

Nemesia 'Penblu' (scientific name: Nemesia 'Penblu'), a horticultural variety of Nemesia, is a nonchill-tolerant deciduous annual herb or lodging plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. Also known as Ne

Garden pansy 'Morpho'

Garden pansy 'Morpho'

Pansy Morpho (Scientific name: Viola × wittrockiana "Morpho") is one of the gardening varieties of northern European native gardening varieties of the family Violaceae cold-resistant annual plants Ga

Iris croatica

Iris croatica

Iris croatica (scientific name: Iris croatica), endemic to Croatia, is an evergreen perennial herb in the family Iridaceae . It has well-developed rhizomes with thick, green, sword-shaped rhizomatous

Scutellaria laetviolaceae

Scutellaria laetviolaceae

Scutellaria laetviolaceae (scientific name: Scutellaria laetviolaceae) is a perennial herb native to Japan and China, belonging to the Scutellaria genus of the Lamiaceae family. It grows wild in sligh

Thunbergia 'Fairy Moon'

Thunbergia 'Fairy Moon'

Thunbergia 'Fairy Moon' (scientific name: Thunbergia erecta cv. Fairy moon) is a horticultural variety of the evergreen shrub “Thunbergia erecta (scientific name: Thunbergia erecta)”, native to West A

Passionfruit 'Panda’

Passionfruit 'Panda’

Passionfruit 'Panda' (scientific name: Passiflora cv. panda) is a perennial plant in the family Passiflora. This is a horticultural variety of passion fruit, bred in Germany. Generic name: Passionfr

Delphinium anthriscifolium

Delphinium anthriscifolium

Delphinium anthriscifolium(scientific name: Delphinium anthriscifolium) is an annual plant in the family Ranunculaceae and is native to China. They came to Japan before the Meiji era (1868-1912) and

Sarracenia courtii

Sarracenia courtii

Sarracenia courtii(scientific name: sarracenia courtii) is a large, insectivorous perennial plant in the family Sarraceniaceae. It is a cross between S. purpurea and S. psittacina. The leaves turn red

Glechonma hederaces, gill over the ground, Alehoof or kakidooshi (Scientific name: Glechonma hederaces) is a perennial vine of the family Lamiaceae, native to the temperate zone of Japan and other par

Petrea volubilis

Petrea volubilis

Petrea (scientific name: Petrea volubilis) is a tropical evergreen vine native to tropical America from the West Indies to Mexico and Brazil. It is also called sandpaper vine, queen's wreath, bluebird

Iwagirisou

Iwagirisou

Iwagirisou (scientific name: Opithandra primuloides) is native to Japan, and is a summer green perennial of Gesneriaceae family. It spontaneously grows on rocky places and trees in the Kinki-west to S

Sisyrinchium micranthum

Sisyrinchium micranthum

Sisyrinchium micranthum is an annual wildflower in the family Iridaceae, native to Texas and other parts of southeastern North America. There is a similar flower Sisyrinchium rosulatum. S. micranthum

Clematis 'Countess of Lovelace'

Clematis 'Countess of Lovelace'

Clematis 'Countess of Lovelace' (scientific name: Clematis 'Countess of Lovelace') is a horticultural cultivar of cold-hardy vine dwelling plants of the genus Clematis in the family Ranunculaceae. It

Viola verecunda

Viola verecunda

Viola verecunda or tsubo-sumire (Scientific Name: Viola verecunda)is a perennial plant of the genus Viola in the family Violetaceae. It grows wild in moist grasslands and forests in feedlots and produ

Eryngium Orion

Eryngium Orion

Eryngium or Flat sea holly(Eryngium ) is a native of Europe, North and South America, and is a lodging plant in the genus Eryngium of the family Apiaceae. It is difficult to grow in Japan over the sum

Cheirolophus crassifolius

Cheirolophus crassifolius

Cheirolophus crassifolius (scientific name: Cheirolophus crassifolius), endemic to Malta, is a perennial herb in the genus Cheirolophus (Asteraceae). It is native to limestone cliffs and deep coastal

Amorphophallus kiusianus

Amorphophallus kiusianus

Amorphophallus kiusianus or yama konnyaku (scientific name: Amorphophallus kiusianus) is a perennial herb native to Japan, Taiwan, and China, belonging to the Amorphophallus genus of the Araceae famil

Heliophila longifolia

Heliophila longifolia

Heliophila longifolia (scientific name: Heliophila longifolia) is an annual herb of the genus Heliophila (Brassicaceae), native to South Africa. Locally, it grows wild in arid areas. The herb is 40 to

Stapelia hirsuta

Stapelia hirsuta

Stapelia hirsuta, starfish flower or carrion plant (scientific name: Stapelia hirsuta) is an evergreen perennial succulent plant native to the Cape region of South Africa in the family Apocynaceae, ge

Callerya reticulata

Callerya reticulata

Callerya reticulata or evergreen wisteria (scientific name: Callerya reticulata) is a native of Vietnam, China, and Taiwan, and belongs to the Fabaceae (legume) family. It is a woody, thickly branched

Origanum 'Pilgrim'

Origanum 'Pilgrim'

Origanum 'Pilgrim' (scientific name: Origanum laevigatum 'Pilgrim') is a horticultural variety of Oreganum laevigatum, a cold-hardy perennial herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to Cyprus, Syria and

Aquilegia vulgaris

Aquilegia vulgaris

Aquilegia vulgaris (scientific name: Aquilegia vulgaris) is a cold-hardy perennial (lodging plant) in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a garden variety or hybrid of Aquilegia vulgaris, which is native

Duranta 'Takarazuka'

Duranta 'Takarazuka'

Duranta 'Takarazuka' (scientific name: Dulranta erecta cv. Takarazuka) is a typical horticultural variety of Duranta (scientific name: Dulranta erecta) with a purple background and a white border.

Duranta 'Takarazuka'

Duranta 'Takarazuka'

Dulranta repens (scientific name: Duranta repens), also known as Formosan goldenrod, is a variety of Duranta (scientific name: Dulranta). It produces light purple flowers. Common name:Dulranta repe

Neoregelia 'orangepekoe'

Neoregelia 'orangepekoe'

Neoregelia orangepekoe (scientific name: Neoregelia 'orangepekoe') is a semi-cold tolerant, succulent, evergreen perennial plant of the family Bromeliaceae. It has rosetta-like root leaves, is thick,

Saintpaulia

Saintpaulia

Saintpaulia or African violet,(scientific name: Saintpaulia ionantha) is an evergreen, non-cold tolerant, perennial plant belonging to the genus Saintpaulia belonging to the Saccharidae family. The p

Anthurium arcs

Anthurium arcs

Anthurium arcs (scientific name: Anthurium cv. ARCS) is a horticultural variety of Anthurium (scientific name: Anthurium) in the family Araceae. It produces purple flowers. General name: Anthurium

Viola 'Sorbet Lavendar Ice'

Viola 'Sorbet Lavendar Ice'

Viola witlochiana 'Sorbet Lavendar Ice' (scientific name: Viola x wittrockiana cv. Sorbet Lavendar Ice) is a horticultural variety of viola (scientific name: Viola). It is 10-20 cm tall and has large

Lespedeza maximowiczii

Lespedeza maximowiczii

Lespedeza maximowiczii (scientific name: Lespedeza maximowiczii) is native to Japan, the Korean Peninsula and China, and is a deciduous semi-shrub inf the family Fabaceae. From late spring to summer,

Hydrangea serrata 'Youkihi'

Hydrangea serrata 'Youkihi'

Hydrangea serrata 'Youkihi' (scientific name: Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata 'Youkihi') is one of the original species of the mountain hydrangea. Small, multi-flowered, single-flowered. It is na

black mallow

black mallow

Black mallow or hollyhock nigra , (scientific name: Althaea rosea var. nigra), is a native of Europe and is a host plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a variant of the hollyhock ((scientific name: Al

Rose 'Blue Light'

Rose 'Blue Light'

Rose 'Blue Light' (scientific name: Madame Violet×Lady Luck, Roza 'Blue Light') is a horticultural variety of 'roses', a small shrub in the family Rosaceae. It blooms from spring to autumn with large,

Utricularia livida

Utricularia livida

Utricularia livida (scientific name: Utricularia livida) is a semi-cold-tolerant perennial small insectivorous plant of the family Lentibulariaceae, native to South Africa and Mexico. It is a member o

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius ,commonly called as elephant yam, elephant-foot yam, whitespot giant arum, stink lily (scientific name: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) is a perennial herb of the genus konn

Leucocoryne ixioides

Leucocoryne ixioides

Leucocoryne ixioides (scientific name: leucocoryne ixioides) is a perennial herb (bulbous plant) in the family Amaryllidaceae, which is native to the Andes Mountains of Chile. The height of the grass

Aristolochia westlandii

Aristolochia westlandii

Aristolochia westlandii (scientific name: Aristolochia westlandii), native to China and Hong Kong, is a small evergreen vine shrub in the family Aristolochiaceae. It grows on a vine that tangles itsel

Globularia Blue-Eye

Globularia Blue-Eye

Globularia Blue-Eye (Scientific Name: Globularia salicina 'Blue Eye') is a horticultural species of Globularia sarcophile (scientific name: Globularia salicina). When it is in bud it is blue, but when

Agastache liquorice blue

Agastache liquorice blue

Agastache liquorice blue (scientific name: Agastache rugosa 'liquorice blue') is a horticultural variety of Agastache rugosa, a cold-hardy perennial herb native to North America. It is a well-branched

Calotropis gigantea

Calotropis gigantea

Calotropis gigantea, crown plant, Akund Calotrope, Bowstring Hemp (scientific name: Calotropis gigantea) is an evergreen shrub of the family Apocynaceae, native to India and Southeast Asia. It is call

Strobilanthes gossypinus

Strobilanthes gossypinus

Strobilanthes gossypinus or Persian Shield (scientific name: Strobilanthes gossypinus), native to India and Sri Lanka, is a small tropical shrub in the family Acanthaceae. It has white hairs on the l

Alkanna tinctoria

Alkanna tinctoria

Alkanna tinctoria (scientific name: Alkanna tinctoria) is a perennial herb in the family Boraginaceae native to southeastern Europe. The stems are rough and coarse with stiff hairs. It produces small

Brillantaisia lamium

Brillantaisia lamium

Brillantaisia lamium (scientific name: Brillantaisia lamium) is a non-hardy evergreen perennial herb native to central and western Africa, belonging to the genus Brillantaisia of the family Acanthacea

Nagasaki Issai

Nagasaki Issai

Nagasaki Issai（Wisteria floribunda cv. Nagasakiissai）is a horticultural variety of the Japanese wisteria or Fuji , scientific name: Wisteria floribunda, a dwarf leguminous vine shrub native to Japan.

Clematis 'matsuridaiko'

Clematis 'matsuridaiko'

Clematis 'matsuridaiko' (scientific name: Clematis cv. matsuridaiko) is a horticultural variety of clematis, a cold-resistant deciduous perennial plant that belongs to the family Ranunculaceae. This i

Wisteria brachybotrys

Wisteria brachybotrys

Wisteria brachybotrys or Yamafuj (scientific name: Wisteria brachybotrys) is a deciduous vine of the genus Wisteria in the family Fabaceae, endemic to Japan. W. brachybotrys grows naturally in the mou

Vicia villosa

Vicia villosa

Vicia villosa, hairy vetch or fodder vetch (Vicia villosa) is an annual herbaceous vine in the legume family Fabaceae, native to Europe, Central Asia and Iran. It is a naturalized plant cultivated as

Aristolochia braziliensis

Aristolochia braziliensis

Aristolochia braziliensis, or Dutchman's pipe vine, Rooster flower (scientific name: Aristolochia braziliensis) is an evergreen vine shrub native to Brazil in thefamily Aristolochiaceae. The vine enta

Viola violacea

Viola violacea

Viola violacea (scientific name: Viola violacea) is a perennial herb in the family Violetaceae. It is a stemless violet. The stemless variety means that the above-ground stem does not develop, and the

Scutellaria 'Blue Fire'

Scutellaria 'Blue Fire'

Scutellaria 'Blue Fire' (scientific name: Scutellaria javanica 'Blue Fire') is a semi-cold hardy perennial herb of the genus Scutellaria of the family Lamiaceae native to Central America. It is a gard

Ranzania japonica

Ranzania japonica

Ranzania japonica or Togakushisou (Scientific name: Ranzania japonica) is an endemic species of Japan and is a perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae. It is also called Togakushi Shoma. It grows

Primula auricula

Primula auricula

Primula auricula、Auricula or Bear's ea (scientific name: Primula auricula) is an alpine evergreen perennial herb of the primrose family Primulaceae, native to the Swiss Alps. It grows naturally in alp

Pinata lavender

Pinata lavender

Pinata lavender (scientific name: Lavandula pinnata) is a semi-cold-tolerant evergreen shrub of the genus Lavandula, native to the Canary Islands. It is also called "lace lavender" because the leaves

Rhododendron transiens

Rhododendron transiens

Rhododendron transiens or Oh tsutsuji (Rhododendron transiens) is a deciduous shrub native to Japan in the family Ericaceae. It is a type of mountain azalea that grows naturally on sunny mountain slop

Akebia pentaphylla

Akebia pentaphylla

Akebia pentaphylla or Goyo akebi (scientific name: Akebia × pentaphylla) is a natural hybrid of Akebi (scientific name: Akebia quinata) and Mitsuba akebi (scientific name: Akebia trifoliata). It is a

Asarum caulescens

Asarum caulescens

Asarum caulescens (Futaba Aoi, scientific name: Asarum caulescens) is an endemic species of Japan, and is a short-growing perennial plant of the family Aristolochiaceae. Native to the mountains of Toh

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Tower series'

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Tower series'

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Tower series' (scientific name: Aquilegia vulgaris 'Tower series') is a hardy evergreen perennial herb belonging to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, native to Europe. It is a g

Neoregelia Fireball

Neoregelia Fireball

Neoregelia Fireball (scientific name: Neoregelia 'Fireball') is a semi-cold tolerant, succulent, evergreen perennial plant belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It has a broad linear rosetta-like root

Arrow-leaf Violet

Arrow-leaf Violet

Arrow-leaf Violet or hime-sumire (scientific name: Viola inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis) is native to Japan and Taiwan and is one of the stemless species of "violets (scientific name: Viola mandshur

Elsholtzia ciliata

Elsholtzia ciliata

Elsholtzia ciliata or Vietnamese Lemon Balm (scientific name: Elsholtzia ciliata) is an annual herb native to temperate regions of Asia, including Japan, belonging to the family Lamiaceae and the genu

Liparis makinoana

Liparis makinoana

Liparis makinoana or Suzumuhi-sou (scientific name: Liparis makinoana) is native to Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Russia, and is a perennial plant belonging to the family Orchidaceae. In Japan, it g

Viola papilionace

Viola papilionace

Viola papilionace ,or common blue violet (Viola papilionace) is a native North American perennial herb in the family Violaceae. From among the heart-shaped root leaves, violet-shaped flowers bloom at

Clematis japonica

Clematis japonica

Clematis japonica (scientific name: Clematis japonica) is native to Japan and is a deciduous shrub of the family Ranunculoideae. It grows wild in forests from Honshu to Kyushu. It produces reddish pur

Felicia amelloides

Felicia amelloides

Felicia amelloides , Blue daisy or the blue daisy bus (Scientific name: Felicia amelloides) is a semi-hardy evergreen perennial herb or small shrub native to South Africa in the family Asteraceae. It

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