If you are planning to put on some royal colors for your garden, then why don’t you start with some unique purple succulents?
Have a purple patch with these purple succulents! Succulents are such a group of plants that never fail to amaze all plant lovers. Moreover, if purple is your favorite color then you are one lucky reader to land in the right place. Here are some of the best ones to make the right pick!
Best Purple Succulents
1. Purple Beauty
Botanical Name: Sempervivum tectorum ‘Purple beauty’
This attractive variety of Houseleeks shows a combination of deep purple and green colors on its foliage which gives it a nice purple hint. What makes it even more different is the silvery pink rosette with purple shading on the leaves, often with cute “watermarks” or wavy striations from its natural farina wax.
And here’s the bonus—these fleshy leaves gain more attention under the bright rays of the sun!
2. Macho Mocha
Botanical Name: Mangave ‘Macho Mocha’
The ‘Macho Mocha’ Agave has every right to steal the show! This beautiful succulent features a rosette of dark green foliage that seems to appear purple from far away because of the purple spots all over the leaves.
3. Purple Heart Succulent
Botanical Name: Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’
This evergreen perennial is loved for its showy purple lance-shaped leaves on its delicate stems and is often grown as an annual as well for its tiny light pink flowers. It will look perfect in hanging baskets, mixed containers, and ground cover.
4. Ruby’s Necklace
Botanical Name: Othonna capensis ‘Ruby’s Necklace’
This graceful plant has so many nice features! The ‘Ruby’s Necklace’ is a beautiful trailing succulent variety with bean-like, narrow, purple to green, leaves landing nicely on the bright purple stems. Furthermore, when the daisy-like yellow flowers come during the spring-summer you won’t be able to “not” lay your eyes on it.
5. Beard of Love
Botanical Name: Sempervivum heuffelii ‘Purple Haze’
If you want to see variations in the size of leaves and colors in a single rosette then have a look at this Sempervivum variety. This perennial offers purple and green leaves of different lengths encircling the rosette from smaller to larger ones inside out.
6. Purple Pearl Succulent
Botanical Name: Echeveria ‘Purple Pearl’
A nice purple Echeveria is what it is! The Purple Pearl Echeveria showcases a large rosette of deep purple to coral pink foliage with slightly pointed tips at the end. It can grow up to 8 inches in diameter.
7. Purple Haze
Botanical Name: Graptopetalum ‘Purple haze’
This Echeveria-like-looking purple beauty is a must-have for small spaces and gardens. It looks so pretty for its glossy foliage and the red flecks here and there. Just make sure it gets to enjoy the bright light during the day hours.
8. Purple Emperor
Botanical Name: Hylotelephium telephium ‘Purple Emperor’
Just look at this one! What do you wanna talk about, its shiny, glossy purple leaves or those light purple to pink clusters of bloomers there? It’s really a beautiful succulent that blooms during the mid-summer to early fall season.
9. Crested Purple Rose
Botanical Name: Aeonium arboreum var. atropurpureum f. cristatum
A majestic purple succulent that itself looks like a flower! The Crested Purple Rose is one variety of Aeonium with fan-shaped rosettes of purple foliage at the top end of branches. Moreover, the combination of green centers with the purple color adds more to its beauty.
10. Broadleaf Stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum spathulifolium ‘Purpureum’
It is not only a purple color ground cover but you should see its bright yellow blossoms. Just wow! The colorful nature of this succulent can brighten up any boring space or corner of your home.
11. Purple Crassula
Botanical Name: Crassula atropurpurea ‘Purple Crassula’
These adorable small purple succulents show off fleshy waxy leaves flushed in a beautiful purple hue, mainly in summer due to the warm temperature and long sunny hours. Also, the creamy-yellow blossoms that appear in early spring are a wonderful sight to watch.
12. Purple Rose
Botanical Name: Aeonium arboreum ‘Atropurpureum’
You will get to see a very peculiar growth pattern in this variety of Aeonium. The beautiful dark-purple leaves form at the ends or tips of their stems only! Besides, the dark purple sometimes almost appears black.
13. Azure Stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum caeruleum
Not a true purple one although this rare Sedum species is worth mentioning because of its cool star-shaped, blue flowers that beautifully contrast with the pinkish leaves and stems.
14. Perle von Nürnberg
Botanical Name: Echeveria ‘Perle von Nürnberg’
Glad to see that you are still with us otherwise you would have missed this one! It has a gorgeous compact purple-green rosette that can change the color to a sweet, vivid blue-purple shade upon receiving sunlight.
15. Superbum
Botanical Name: Graptopetalum ‘Superbum’
Looking at the small nature and growing up to only just 4-6 inches tall and wide, this succulent is a great option for coffee tables. Moreover, the Superbum features fleshy pink, purple, and gray leaves that make it look like a purple succulent!
16. Lilac Mist
Botanical Name: Sedeveria ‘Lilac Mist’
Sedeverias never fail to amaze us! This adorable hybrid is a recent addition. It gets its name from the vivid hue of its leaves, which are a mix of blue, purple, and lilac. Also, can you see a nice tone of off-whites bordering each leaf? It completes the appearance and adds more to its cuteness!
17. Debbie
Botanical Name: Graptoveria ‘Debbie’
Surprisingly, this attractive purple succulent gives out so many offsets freely! Prepare a nice hanging basket or a wide pot to enjoy the rich purple shade on its fleshy rosettes. The tight clumps can grow up to 8-10 inches.
18. Lilac Mound
Botanical Name: Sedum dasyphyllum ‘Lilac Mound’
The Lilac Mound is a low-growing succulent that forms a dense carpet of tiny leaves on short stems. These leaves are bluish-green with a pink to purple hue that becomes more vibrant under full sun exposure.
19. Bermuda
Botanical Name: Sempervivum heuffelii ‘Bermuda’
One more color-changing succulent on the list! The Bermuda variety stays green when it is not exposed to direct sun and gradually changes its color to deep purple when it gets bright light.
20. Duke of Windsor
Botanical Name: Sempervivum ‘Duke of Windsor’
The Duke of Windsor is a densely packed rosette of purple-green leaves. However, the color may vary throughout the year in shades of green, burgundy, and purple due to the influence of change in seasons.
21. Black Rose
Botanical Name: Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’
This is a large Aeonium variety with the most fierce purple hue; it almost appears dark purple-black in color. Interestingly, the rosettes can spread up to 7-8 inches in diameter under favorable conditions and maintenance.
22. Purple Split Rock
Botanical Name: Pleiospilos nelii
A small tropical plant that is an unusual-looking succulent with quite an intriguing appearance, also known as a split rock. It features opposite-faced leaves in a light purple to a deep purple clue with vigorous mini dots of dark purple to black colors.
23. Purple Delight Succulent
Botanical Name: Graptopetalum ‘Purple Delight’
Graptopetalum Purple Delight also known as Snow White or Graptoveria Crystal. It is a fantastic hybrid that resulted from Crossing Graptopetalum paraguayense and Graptopetalum amethystinum. This hardy succulent shows off pink and purple hues in a tight rosette.
24. Lilac Spoon
Botanical Name: Graptoveria ‘Topsy Debbi’
There are more than 20 varieties of Graptoveria succulents and among them, the Topsy Debbi is one of the most unique because of its spoon-shaped lilac leaves. These leaves are arranged in a rosette pattern and turn to light purple under sunlight.
25. Echeveria Orion
Botanical Name: Echeveria ‘Orion’
A lovely purple-tinted succulent with a sleek border of reddish-pink color, this Echeveria can stand out as a great centerpiece in your home! Besides, be careful of the watering routine because it is quite prone to fungal infections.
26. Neon Breakers Echeveria
Botanical Name: Echeveria ‘Neon Breakers’
Do you like frills? Then you might fall in love with this one as it features purple-pink frilly leaves in a rosette on a short stalk. Moreover, it produces many offsets, which gives a bouncy or fuller structure.
27. Cubic Frost Echeveria
Botanical Name: Echeveria ‘Cubic Frost’
Even if you are not an active gardener, the ‘Cubic Frost’ in your garden is a must! This incredible hardy succulent embraces the beautiful arrangement of upturned fleshy leaves in a a symmetrical rosette pattern that looks so attractive.
28. Raspberry Ice Sempervivum
Botanical Name: Sempervivum ‘Raspberry Ice’
‘Raspberry Ice’ is a perennial succulent with raspberry-red foliage that gradually turns purple-red with maturity. Also, the cobwebbed leaves are covered in white curly hairs to add more to its beauty.
29. Purple Moon Cactus
Botanical Name: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii ‘Hibotan’
Wait that is not a starfish! It is a hybrid of two cacti species grafted as such that the colored portion remains attached to the stem of another species. You can find it in shades of bright colors such as red, pink, yellow and purple.
30. Jet Beads
Botanical Name: Sedeveria ‘Jet Beads’
Jet beads are both sedums and Echeveria succulents! This is quite an attractive combination for a hybrid succulent featuring pointed leaves in several shades at a time such as brown, magenta, black, green and purple. Also, the color gets intense in cool weather.
31. Purple Tephrocactus
Botanical Name: Tephrocactus molinensis cv. Purple Body
Purple Tephrocactus is a unique cactus that shows cylindrical, segmented growth that starts with a purple tone but gradually turns green after maturity. But the eye-catching purple joints remains even at the later stages of its lifecycle.
So, purple fan how is the collection? Now that this huge list of collection is here, we will suggest you to make a separate purple succulent display. Let us know if you like this idea!
