Soften landscape during winter and cool them down in the summer with wraith of purple anthesis trees . Against a cerulean sky or hues of immature leaf , purple work well in the garden .

Not a color on the rainbow spectrum , but when the ultraviolet brightness shine on sure message , the eye realize purple . It is a miscellany of color , deliver both nuance of red and shades of blue . Enrich your Florida yard with purple flowering trees .

Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Alexandrina’)

A harbinger of outpouring bloom in late wintertime , the deciduous dish magnolia pumps out gravid 4 - in flowers in a rose - purple hue before the leaves sprout . Tulip- or chalice - shaped creamy petal collapse open on arm of smooth , sluttish gray bark . Floridata.com recommend sunrise sun with filtered light .

It makes a in force shade tree diagram , as a specimen or planted in a grouping . Trees can grow to be 30 invertebrate foot and almost as wide , so blank accordingly . Plant in USDA zona 8 and 9 .

Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia x Muskogee)

Cool your yard this summer with lavender bloom ' Muskogee ' crapemyrtles . A small vase - shaped tree stretching to 20 metrical unit high and 15 feet wide , this crapemyrtle bears tissue paper paper like flower 4 - 10 column inch long and 4 - 5 inches wide from July to September .

With its dark-brown , flake barque , use the crapemyrtle as a specimen in either a courtly or relaxed landscape . agree to the University of Florida IFAS Extension website , they are heating system and drouth tolerant , require full sunlight and well - drain ground . develop in USDA zones 9 to 10 .

Jacaranda (Jacaranda acutifolia)

A fantastically showy , big tree diagram with a flowering mass of galvanic shades ranging from blue - reddish blue to purple , the Jacaranda is a deciduous tree with typical finely textured leaf branching out to an crooked question . Bell - shaped flowers form at the tip of the branches in a pyramid shape , bloom between April and June .

Growing up to 50 foot marvelous and half as wide , it is best placed in a orotund landscape painting or used as street Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in urban configurations . Although the tree will handle some spook , it performs dear in cheery locations . It grows in USDA zones 9 to 11 .

Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)

A pocket-sized , deciduous tree diagram with spear - comparable , violet , upright flower on the tips of the branches , the fragrant leave are fan - shaped with five to seven cusp , ranging from gray to thick green in color .

With a height of only 10 to 20 feet and an adequate spread , the chaste tree makes its instruction when it is in full flush , creating a " royal haze " , with shades of violet to sinister purple . It requires sunshine or spook and near drainage . It ’s drought and salt tolerant , pull hummingbirds and bee and grows skilful in zones 8 to 11 .

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