Pergola
Plant List 2023
Dark-colored foliage, natural or encouraged by humans’ many years of plant selection, is loved by gardeners. Most foliage in this group takes on a reddish hue or retains its greenness. This year’s summer Pergola display showcases the few cases of true purple. Pinks and other bright colors are popped into this shadowy design to draw attention from a distance as purple is best appreciated up close.
Map of Pergola garden beds; perspective is looking west towards Hudson River.
Bed 1
Actinidia kolomikta (male)
Iresine 'Blazin' Rose'
Bed 2
Achimenes cv.
Hosta plantaginea
Bed 3
Astilbe chinensis
Athyrium sp.
Hosta plantaginea
Pilea cadierei
Tradescantia spathacea
Bed 4
Hosta plantaginea
Bed 5
Canna 'Cleopatra'
Coleus cv. (mottled pink/purple)
Coleus 'Vino' (green margin)
Graptophyllum pictum 'Black Beauty'
Helichrysum bracteatum 'Purple'
Ipomea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red'
Ipomea platensis
Iresine 'Blazin' Rose'
Ocimum basilicum 'Red Rubin'
Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum
Rotheca myricoides
Ruellia brittoniana 'Purple Showers'
Strobilanthes 'Persian Shield'
Xeranthemum annuum
Bed 6
Actinidia arguta (female)
Alternanthera dentata 'Dark Knight'
Heliotrope 'Marine'
Strobilanthes 'Persian Shield'
Tradescantia spathacea
Xeranthemum annuum
Bed 7
Coleus cv. (mottled pink/purple)
Coleus 'Vino' (green margin)
Dioscorea discolor
Helichrysum bracteatum 'Purple'
Hoffmannia ghiesbreghtii
Ocimum basilicum 'Red Rubin'
Phildodendron erubescens 'Pink Princess'
Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum
Ruellia brittoniana 'Purple Showers'
Strobilanthes 'Persian Shield'
Xeranthemum annuum
Bed 8
Coleus cv. (mottled pink/purple)
Coleus 'Vino' (green margin)
Eucomis 'Oakhurst'
Helichrysum bracteatum 'Purple'
Iresine 'Cognac'
Ocimum basilicum 'Red Rubin'
Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum
Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum 'Tricolor'
Rotheca myricoides
Ruellia brittoniana 'Purple Showers'
Strobilanthes 'Persian Shield'
Tradescantia 'Nanouk'
Xeranthemum annuum
Pots
Amorphophallus konjac
Antirrhinum glutinosum 'Gummy'
Colocasia affinis var. jenningsii
Dianthus x 'Amazon Neon Purple'
Dichondra argentea
Eucomis 'Oakhurst'
Fuchsia 'White Knight Pearl'
Impatiens 'Blue Angel'
Kaempferia pulchra
Laurentia 'Avante Garde Violet'
Sauromatum venosum