Purple Roses

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Dark Purple Roses And Light Purple Roses

It's very seldom you'll see purple roses, or rose bushes, tea roses, or climbing roses that have this color in a home garden, even though there are many varieties of this shade; colors such as deep lavender, lilac, violet, even roses that are blue-purplish, available in the rose family.

Roses Pictures

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The above picture of a very purple flower is actually named 'Blue Boy'. But it's not really blue at all. I personally think this is one of the best dark purple plants.

The best fragrant roses are of the these colors, or a lighter version. For your enjoyment, here is a rose flower picture of the most popular violet- lilac rose in the world, the 'Angel Face' rose.

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Climbing Angel Face rose

The 'Angel Face' rose an incredibly beautiful rose flower, that is intensely fragrant; all roses of this shade are very lovely and look fantastic when paired with white roses, such as the 'Iceberg' rose, available both as climber and as rose bush. The white color intensify the roses purplish color and makes them pop.

Roses that are purple or dark violet roses, are very popular with brides and a purple or violet rose wedding bouquet, is a must for a purplish themed wedding, creating a need for a bridal bouquet with bouquet and rose petals of that color for the flower girl.

Here are names of roses with various variations of the color purple and a few rose pictures.

Names Of Roses

Angel Face, floribunda, Swim USA 1968, Zones 5-9

Rosa Rugosa, species,China and Japan pre-1854, Zones 3-10

Rugosa Magnifica,Hybrid rugosa, Van Fleet USA 1905, Zones 5-10

Tuscany,Old gallica, Italian origin, pre-1596, Zones 4-10

Alain Blanchard,Old gallica, Vibert France, 1839, Zones 5-10

Silver Star, Hybrid tea, Kordes Germany, 1966 Zones 5-10

Lavender Dream, Modern shrub, Ilsink Netherland, 1984, Zones 4-9

Sweet Chariot, Modern miniature, Moore USA, 1984, Zones 5-10

Veilchenblau, Rambler, Schmidt, Germany, 909, Zones 5-9

Reine des Violettes,Hybrid perpetual, Millet-Mallet, France, 1860, Zones 5-9

Belle de Crecy,Hybrid gallica, Roeser, France, pre-1836, Zones 4-10

Lavender Lassie, Modern shrub, Kordes, Germany, 1960, Zones 4-9

Blue Boy, Modern shrub, Kordes, Germany, 1958, Zones 4-9

Blue Moon, Hybrid tea, tantau, Germany, 1965, Zones 4-9

Blue Peter, Modern miniature, de Ruiter, Netherlands, 1983, Zones 5-11

Blue Nile, Hybrid tea, Delbard, France, 1976, Zones 4-9

Blue River, Hybrid tea, Kordes, Germany, 1984, Zones 5-9

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Tuscony rose

Here are some newer introductions.

'Cotillion', a floribunda, 'Purple Passion, a hybrid tea, 'WW II Memorial', a hybrid tea, 'Demitasse', a miniature, and 'Outta the Blue', a shrub.

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Veilchenblau climbing rose

If you have been thinking about creating a purple and white garden bed, there is no better time than now.

Rose Varieties

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