Here you will find a collection of deep purple indoor plants and will learn how to identify them by their image and also by getting help from a plant identification tool.
You usually spot the dark purple hue in decorations of royalty and luxury areas. When you use it in your living space, you bring a power sense to your house. Therefore, people usually like to add house plants with a dark purple hue to their homes.
Here I will provide you with a collection of dark purple house plants. Most of them are easy-growing plants. So, if you are a new gardener or a busy person, you can easily add them to your favorite list.
I tell you also the scientific name of the plants that will let you search for their caring tips easily. In addition, in the final part of this article, I will teach you how to identify your dark purple plant with a plant identifier tool. It will help you to find the names of your intended plant.
So, let’s dive into dark purple indoor plants.
In this part, you can see the images of 9 common deep purple indoor plants with their common and scientific names. You can scroll through images find your favorite plants and make your favorite list to add to your house.
Some plants have green and purple leaves but here, I will talk with you about plants that have dark purple foliage, although, most purple plants will turn to shades of green in low-light areas.
Other common names: False Shamrock or Purple Shamrock
This plant is an herbaceous perennial houseplant with dark purple leaves that are, heart-shaped. The center of the leaves is lighter than its edges. Every three leaves are clustered together and produce a clover-like appearance.
It also has small white to pink blooms whit 5 petals and a green to light yellow center. the flowers produce in a cluster.
Coleus plants have a tropical appearance. You can spot them in indoor and outdoor places; however, they like to live in sunny to shade environments. This variety has pointy deep purple leaves that are serrated on the edges. It has a bushy look-like, although it has an upright growing habit too.
Another common name is: Ruby Necklace
It is a trailing succulent with dark purple leaves that are similar to small pickles or beans. The leaves will turn ruby red when you put them in plenty of sunlight area.
It is a tropical trailing plant with long and oval-shaped dark purple leaves that make it a good choice for hanging pots. The Purple heart plant has also small pink flowers with 3 petals that appear in summer.
Other common names: Inch Plant or Wandering Jew
The leaves are variegated from oval to narrow or linear shapes. the leaves are deep purple with green strips on them in areas with plenty of sunlight. If you put it in a low-light place, the shade of green will increase on the leaves.
This plant has small pink to purple flowers too. the blooms have three petals and are clustered on top of the foliage.
Another common name: split rock
It is a funky succulent with pair of think globe-shaped leaves that have sharp, angular lines which are similar to a split rock. The leaves are dark purple too. this small indoor plant can grow to a max up 3.5 inches. Its growing condition is similar to other succulents.
You may spot its pink flower with a white center
This plant has long, trailing stalks with edible tubers that make it a good idea for indoor gardening containers. The leaves are variety in various cultivars from three-lobed or heart-shaped to Japanese maple leaf-shaped with deep cuts. You may spot the leaves in black, deep purple, red, yellow, and green. In the following, you can see two varieties with deep purple leaves:
This plant has striking, sword-shaped glossy deep purple leaves. This plant has a star appearance.
This plant has green leaves that are kidney-shaped to heart-shaped. The leaves may have smooth or toothed edges in various cultivars.
this plant has white to deep purple flowers with 5 petals that are folded and make an inverted flower.
If you spot a dark purple houseplant but you cannot find it in the above list, here I want to teach you to find the name of your intended plant by plant identifier tools.
These are online tools that have a huge collection of plant species’ images and with their advanced algorithms and getting the help of learning machines and artificial intelligence can identify plants.
One of the best plant identification tools is the House plant identifier”. It is a free online tool that working with it very easy. When you spot a new plant, you must enter the “House plant identifier” and take an online picture or upload its image from your gallery and click on the start button.
It only takes 2 seconds that the House plant identifier to identify your intended plant with a high accuracy (near to 91%).
You can identify trees, flowers, wild plants, ornamentals, indoor plants, and also plant diseases with this tool. Its app will also be available to download soon.
Now, you can make a list of your favorite dark purple house plants and knew how to identify a plant with the House plant identifier tool. What are your favorite plants? Can you add a new deep purple plant to our list? Do you think the plant identifiers work well to detect new plants? Please share your idea and experience with us below this page.
Hi, I’m Elaheh. My Academic major is plant protection, and houseplants are my expertise. As a houseplant lover, my house is full of indoor plants and it is my passion to take care of them. Hence, I’m here to share my knowledge and experience about growing healthy houseplants. I am also a plant protection advisor, so feel free to ask me any questions you may have.