Plants with red or purple foliage
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57 plants to explore
- Acer capillipes · Red snake-bark maple
Green; gold, orange and red in fall
- Acer palmatum 'Crimson Prince' · Crimson Prince Japanese maple
Deep red, finely lobed leaves
- Acer palmatum 'Shin-deshōjō' · Shin-deshojo Japanese maple
Salmon-red
- Acer palmatum 'Tsuma gaki' · Tsuma gaki Japanese maple
Soft chartreuse leaves with red tips
- Acer palmatum 'Wolff' · Red Emperor Japanese maple
Burgundy in spring and summer
- Acer truncatum × Acer platanoides 'JFS-KW202' · Crimson Sunset maple
Crimson-purple leaves retain their color through summer.
- Aesculus pavia · Red buckeye
Palmate green leaves; often shed early, sometimes with red autumn tones.
- Amelanchier 'Princess Diana' · Princess Diana serviceberry
Green summer leaves; strong red to orange autumn color; deciduous.
- Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance' · Autumn Brilliance serviceberry
Green summer leaves; strong red to orange autumn color; deciduous.
- Aronia melanocarpa 'UCONNAM012' · Ground Hug® black chokeberry
Deciduous; red fall color.
- Aronia melanocarpa 'UCONNAM166' · Low Scape Hedger® black chokeberry
Deciduous; orange-red fall color.
- Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' · Japanese painted fern
Silver-gray with purple accents.
- Berberis thunbergii 'Pygruzam' · Pygmy Ruby Japanese barberry
Deciduous; dark red.
- Cephalanthus occidentalis 'SMCOSS' · Sugar Shack® buttonbush
Deciduous; burgundy fall color.
- Ceratostigma plumbaginoides · Hardy plumbago
Bronze-red fall color; dormant in winter.
- Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' · Forest Pansy redbud
Purple leaves aging bronze-green; yellow-orange fall tones
- Cercis canadensis 'JN100' · Hearts A'fire redbud
Burgundy, orange and gold young growth matures reddish green
- Cercis canadensis 'NC2014-5' · Garden Gems Emerald redbud
Red young leaves mature green
- Cercis canadensis 'NC2016-2' · Flame Thrower redbud
Burgundy young leaves mature through yellow to green
- Cercis canadensis 'NC2017-6' · Garden Gems Amethyst redbud
Burgundy deciduous foliage
- Cercis canadensis 'NCCC1' · Carolina Sweetheart redbud
Purple new leaves become pink-white-green variegated
- Cercis canadensis 'Ruby Falls' · Ruby Falls redbud
Glossy purple leaves; yellow-bronze in fall
- Colocasia esculenta 'Mojito' · Mojito elephant ear
Green leaves mottled with dark purple-black.
- Cornus × elwinortonii 'KN30-8' · Venus hybrid dogwood
Glossy green, turning red in fall; deciduous
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- Cornus × elwinortonii 'KN144-2' · Rosy Teacups dogwood
Glossy green in summer, turning red in fall; deciduous
- Cornus × rutgersensis 'KF111-1' · Hyperion hybrid dogwood
Dark green summer leaves become yellow, orange and purple in fall; deciduous.
- Cornus × rutgersensis 'Rutgan' · Stellar Pink hybrid dogwood
Green foliage becomes red in fall; deciduous
- Cornus kousa · White-flowering kousa dogwood
Green; reddish-purple to scarlet in fall
- Cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana' · Globosa Nana Japanese cedar
Evergreen; green, rusty red in winter
- Deutzia x 'NCDX1' · Yuki Snowflake® deutzia
Deciduous; burgundy fall color.
- Deutzia x 'NCDX2' · Yuki Cherry Blossom® deutzia
Deciduous; burgundy fall color.
- Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee' · Lilafee barrenwort
Deciduous in colder winters; may retain some leaves in milder sites. New leaves can be purple tinted.
- Euonymus alatus 'Hayman' · Unforgettable Fire® burning bush
Deciduous; red autumn color.
- Euonymus alatus 'Select' · Fire Ball® burning bush
Deciduous; red autumn color.
- Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus' · Purpleleaf wintercreeper
Green in summer; purple in late fall and winter.
- Euphorbia × martinii 'Ascot Rainbow' · Ascot Rainbow spurge
Evergreen in warm winters; cool weather adds red-orange color.
- Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain' · Purple Fountain beech
Purple spring leaves, purple-green in summer
- Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii' · Rivers purple beech
Glossy dark purple-brown; deciduous
- Fagus sylvatica 'Roseomarginata' · Tricolor beech
Purple leaves with pink-to-cream margins; dark gold in fall
- Geranium × cantabrigiense 'Karmina' · Karmina cranesbill
Aromatic; can persist in mild winters with red tints.
- Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailmacseven' · Eclipse® bigleaf hydrangea
Deciduous; dark purple leaves.
- Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' · Red Baron Japanese blood grass
Green with red tips in spring; increasingly red through summer.
- Itea virginica 'Sprich' · Little Henry® Virginia sweetspire
Deciduous; orange-red fall color.
- Lagerstroemia indica 'Whit II' · Dynamite crape myrtle
Green; orange-red in fall
- Malus 'Purple Prince' · Purple Prince crabapple
Purple young leaves mature to bronze-green; deciduous.
- Microbiota decussata 'Prides' · Celtic Pride® Siberian cypress
Evergreen; russet-purple winter tones.
- Nandina domestica 'Seika' · Obsession™ heavenly bamboo
Evergreen; red new growth and winter color.
- Nyssa sylvatica 'Wildfire' · Wildfire black gum
Red new growth; dark green summer; bright red fall color
- Paeonia 'Scarlet Heaven' (Itoh hybrid) · Scarlet Heaven Itoh peony
Dark green; bronze-red tints in spring and autumn; herbaceous
- Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam' · Amber Jubilee® ninebark
Deciduous; red-purple fall color.
- Prunus persica 'Crimson Cascade' · Crimson Cascade weeping peach
Burgundy-purple foliage becomes greener through summer; deciduous.
- Prunus x 'Pisnshzam' · Pink Snow Showers weeping cherry
Dark green summer foliage with orange-red fall color; deciduous.
- Rhododendron x 'NCRX2' · Black Hat® rhododendron
Evergreen; purple-black tones in cool weather.
- Sambucus nigra 'Eva' · Black Lace® elderberry
Deciduous; purple-black, sometimes greener in hot climates.
- Stewartia pseudocamellia Koreana Group · Korean stewartia
Dark green; red, orange and gold in autumn
- Viburnum carlesii 'Fit 2B Tied' · Fit 2 Be Tied Koreanspice viburnum
Deciduous; deep red fall color.
- Viburnum rufidulum · Rusty blackhaw viburnum
Glossy dark green leaves; red, purple and orange autumn color.