The Color Purple - Gardenista
Photographs by Kendra Wilson, for Gardenista. One of the best things about my school was the summer uniform. We were allowed to wear any dress of our choosing, as long as it was purple. The last word in purple chic, the patrician droops of cerinthe major Purpurascens. Cornflower becomes very blue lined up against purple salvia. My roomy cotton pinafore from Laura Ashley (late 70s) was a madras check, the color of poppy ‘Patty’s Plum.’ A bareroot Oriental Poppy ‘Patty’s Plum’ is $6.75, available seasonally, from Hallson Gardens. The madras mixed ‘Patty’s Plum’ with geranium Mrs Kendall Clarke. A four-inch pot of Geranium Mrs. Kendall Clarke is $8.95, available seasonally, from Annie’s Annuals. At my school only some of the teachers thought so. With yellow, purple is the dominant color of spring so it’s best to put aside any personal prejudices. Campanula, the perfect purple in summer. Delphinium, deeper purple still, goes well with black accessories. Lives up to school motto “fortiter et recte” (loose translation: strong and upright). Purple lupines with dubious accents of plum. Very pretty but most unsuitable. : Looking for help planning a garden?