Home indoor flower with purple leaves
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The flora of the planet is incredibly diverse. Even among the usual indoor flowers with green leaves, there are unusual specimens endowed with nature with greens of different tones. Like other plants, they enrich the premises with oxygen, serve as interior decoration, but at the same time they also give aesthetic pleasure to the tenants of the apartment. Most of these exotic plants come from the Amaranth family, growing in Australia, the Antilles, and America.
What are the purple indoor flowers
Among flower growers, two types of such plants are conventionally distinguished:
- the upper side of the leaves is purple. Among these marvelous indoor plants are such bushes in which only one side of the foliage on top has a purple color;
- the underside of the leaves is purple. There are other indoor plants with a dark green color of the upper part of the leaves, and the reverse of the lower one is saturated lilac. An example of such a plant is the species of irezine Parple Lady (Purple Lady), which has amazing greenery.
Indoor plant with purple leaves
The same feature with respect to the color of the leaves has a strong plant called rheo. Its long leaves are painted in two colors: green with stripes on top, and purple below. Caring for this variety is simple, under favorable conditions it easily transforms into a strong bush of arbitrary shape.
The underside of the leaves is dark lilac
Houseplants with spots or stripes on the leaves
Among the plants that are grown at home, there are flowers with purple, spotted and striped leaves. It was noted by flower growers that in order to preserve the decorative properties, it is necessary to systematically pinch the branches, rejuvenate the bushes by trimming the apical cuttings. If this is not done, then indoor plants with purple leaves gradually reborn, lose their charm, turn pale and become unsightly elongated.
The ginura flower has lilac leaves and needs a rejuvenating procedure with pinching the tops.
The most unpretentious houseplant is considered a zebrin flower from the genus Tradescantia. The silvery-green and purple stripes on the long leaf blades of the plant attract people's attention. Lighting helps to emphasize the exoticism of the flower. Good light enriches the color, as if saturating it. Lack of lighting makes the color pale, which is gradually replaced by green. It is advisable to rejuvenate the plant every year. To do this, it is enough to cut the cuttings from above, lower them into water for rooting, or immediately plant them in a pot with soil. Caring for this type of tradescantia is extremely simple, so zebrin is often compared to a weed.
Oxalis, or oxalis, Madame Butterfly is another unique plant that has an unusual reaction to light. When it gets dark in the house or bad weather rages outside the walls, the triangular (triple) leaves of this flower fold in the form of folded wings of butterflies. With the onset of the dormant period, the formation of new foliage stops. The bush at this time requires a cool temperature and refuses watering to a minimum.The arrival of spring revives the purple house flower, and it continues to live as before. Small flowers are not attractive, but the leaves delight the eye with their unusual color.
Leaves of a plant with specks and stripes of an unusual color on the leaves
Houseplants decorated with purple flowers
Large inflorescences of the Himalayan geranium look very graceful, mysterious. The color of the flowers is characterized by different shades of purple with streaks of red. The color changes from a delicate lilac tone to a deep lilac. This flower fabulously adorns the interior of any style.
No less interesting are erect indoor flowers 40-50 cm high called Achimenes Ehrenberg, which, when blooming, throws out large beautiful inflorescences of exotic colors. Outside, the flowers are lilac with a pinkish tint, and inside a light purple tone. The center of the flower is painted with a yellow spotted color scheme. Flowering lasts several months.
All shades of lilac color are possessed by the uzumbar violet (in another way it is called saintpaulia). These flowers come in different varieties, from simple to terry in different shades.
Gloxinia, like other indoor flowers, is not demanding in terms of care, for which it enjoys the sympathy of flower growers. She has large dark green leaves, covered with silvery fluff. The inflorescences are also large, bell-shaped in shape. All varieties are characterized by bright saturated shades of buds with the presence of thick purple tones. The middle is lighter, along the edges there is a white border, and the middle is light in color.
Purple calla looks very elegant and majestic. She has an erect trunk with long leaves. Large flowers and leaves resemble wax. Leaves are green with white splashes.
Popular houseplant with purple flowers
True flower growers know a lot about the cultivation of unusual plants in landscape design and use these features when decorating garden plots, court territories. As a rule, these unusual flowers only look exotic in appearance, in fact, they require the same care as all other representatives of the domestic flora.
