Garden idea: 10 small shrubs with mauve flowers to plant in the garden

If you want to bring colour to your outdoors, purple flowering shrubs are a remarkable first choice! These flowers are renowned for adding a dreamy note. Purple, mauve and crimson have always been synonymous with melancholy, nostalgia and humility. Discover our selection with 10 flowering shrubs in this shimmering colour commonly found in a garden!

Clematis

This superb flower from the Ranunculaceae family is capable of adorning both a terrace and a patch of garden. It makes the most beautiful effects as an ornamental plant and you won't tire of contemplating it! A perennial climber, clematis has superb star-shaped flowers. It flowers from spring onwards and can reach heights of up to 10 metres. You can add manure to enhance its flowering process.

Lavande

Loved for its flowers, which give off a pleasant fragrance, lavender is a very common shrub in gardens. With its superb melliferous spikes and long, slender stem, you can plant it both in your vegetable garden path and to make a bed. This Lamiaceae grows from 0.40 m to 0.80 m tall and loves the sun. However, make sure that the soil in which you plant it is well drained. Lavender flowers from April to September.

Ornamental bucket

If you're into ornamental gardens, you'll love this variety of sage! A robust shrub that can be used as a bed or border in particular, it is very easy to grow. It adds a harmonious touch to your exterior. What's more, it's an aromatic plant that flowers for a long time, from May to December. Ornamental sage can grow up to 1.50 m tall. It likes chalky soil and sunny locations.

Common heather

A hardy flower with evergreen foliage, it flowers from July to December. It can spread up to 0.60 cm wide and 0.70 cm high. Also known as a shrub, it is a bushy, spreading shrub. Common heather is easy to care for and fairly hardy in winter. You have the option of planting it in a sunny or semi-shaded area, either exposure will do!

Hortensia

Semi-evergreen, this delightful flower thrives in heather or acidic-type sandy soil. It is a shrub that requires planting in a semi-shaded environment. Gardeners love hydrangeas because of their ability to reach heights of over 10 metres. Hedges or palisades of hydrangeas are not uncommon in ornamental gardens. They flower from June to September.

Bougainvilliers

This is a superb mauve coloured climbing flower! You can plant it to make a trellis or decorate a wall as it can grow up to 10 m high. Bougainvillea is highly prized for use in gardens, but can also be used to decorate balconies. This shrub loves clay soil and sunlight. So don't hesitate to plant it in a sunny corner of your green space, where it will flower from May to October.

Lilac

If you're a fan of abundantly flowering shrubs, lilac is perfect for your outdoors. To create the ideal planting conditions, installing it in chalky soil is one of the parameters to take into account. It's a flower that can grow up to 3 metres tall, is highly resistant to the cold and loves the sun. It also thrives in mid-sun exposure. If you're looking to recreate a fragrant hedge, lilac is the shrub for you!

Indigo tree

This superb shrub belongs to the Fabaceae family. With its deciduous foliage, the indigo tree spreads up to 2.50 metres wide and can be used as ground cover, a bed, a hedge or even as a border for gardens. It flowers from June to October. It is best planted in sunny, sandy, clay or stony soil. Indigo is a fast-growing plant. It is a perennial mauve flower that needs to thrive in drained soil.

Bindweed

This pretty melliferous annual flower can be planted in pots just as well as it can be used as a rockery shrub! It will find its place in stony or chalky soil. Expose it to the sun and it will bloom beautifully from May to September! Ranging in height from 0.15 to 0.65 m, bindweed is a perennial shrub with a magnificent mauve colour that requires very little maintenance in your garden.

Rhododendron

This shrub from the Ericaceae family is ideal for anyone looking for purple flowers to make an imposing bed. In fact, the rhododendron can grow up to 5 metres tall! Its dazzling flowers bloom from March to July. We recommend that you plant it in well-drained heather and in a shady spot in your garden. If you're a keen fan of this shrub, we'll explain how to transplant a seedling.