Why these purple perennials are preferred for garden planting

A poet is said to be someone who sees the world each day as if for the first time.

I can vouch for this poetic feeling whenever I see certain plants, no matter how familiar they might be. At this time of year, perennials robed in purple make it easy to compose an ode to that royal color. If I had to choose flowers of perennial plants with which to surround myself at this time of year, I would choose purple, and my next preference would not even be close.

Purple and green are appealing together because they are analogous colors. On the color wheel, analogous colors are separated by another color, which, in this case, is blue. Color experts regard the combination of analogous hues, whether expressed in green and purple interior design or purple flowers emerging from green foliage, as highl