20+ Succulent With Purple Flowers {Love for Purple? Check the List}

If you want to own succulents with colorful flowers, then growing succulents with purple flowers will add brightness to your collection. Let’s explore 20+ Succulents with purple flowers so that you can select your favorite one.

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20+ Succulent With Purple Flowers

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Calandrinia Spectabilis

Description

Cistanthe grandiflora (Calandrinia spectabilis, older name) is a beautiful succulent with purple flowers on long stems and with months long blooming time, a

charming blue-green foliage and least care required, make it a favourite among people. Cistanthe grandiflora has bluish green leaves and develops neck-like stems where old leaves die off. 

A succulent that blooms for a longer time period and it produces pink-purple flowers continuously from April through fall in Northern California and in warmer areas such as Southern California, it blooms throughout the year.

Each flower is  1” to 1.5”  rose-like that develops from a 12” – 24” , repeatedly blooming inflorescence.  Cistanthe grandiflora (Rock Purslane) likes full sun to partial shade. Rock Purslane can survive on little to no water and blooms for months  attracting the bumblebees.

Delosperma Cooperi

Description

Native to South Africa, this ground cover succulent with purple flowers is very appealing with lots of blooms arising in spring and summer on the top of its small, fleshy leaves. Ice plant grows about 3 to 6 inches tall and 2 feet wide on maturity.

When an ice plant is not flowering, its foliage adds refreshing greens all over the area.  It is available in many colors like lavender, pink, purple, orange, and yellow and can be seen growing near the roadsides and in rock gardens. It needs full sun to light shade to flourish. Ice plants can be grown in both cold and warm climates.

The ice plant is propagated by division, cuttings, or seeds. To propagate by division, it is best to divide the plants in the spring season. The cuttings can be taken anytime in the spring, summer, or fall.

Pachyveria Powder Puff

Description

A hybrid of Echeveria cante and Pachyphytum oviferum, Pachyveria powder puff is a very attractive, small succulent having silver-blue leaves with pink tips when grown in full sun. 

The leaves when exposed to cold weather or excess sunlight develop an attractive violet shade. 

It appears like a small shrub that can attain a maximum height of 15 centimeters.

Pachyveria Powder Puff blooms with peachy purple flowers in summers. You need to cover your plant from afternoon summer heat, once the flowers appear. 

Water this plant at frequent intervals and the soil should be allowed to dry out completely between waterings. In winters, this plant needs more frequent watering and should be shifted indoors if it is planted outside. Powder Puff can survive in areas with temperatures more than 30° F (-1.1° C), so plant this succulent in a container to bring it indoors when required.  It flourishes well in full to partial sun and will need at least 6 hours of sunlight a day. If kept indoors, place it in a room that gets a lot of sunlight, like near a southern-facing window.

Propagation of Pachyveria Powder Puff is done either from stem cuttings or leaves.Pachyveria Powder Puff grows well in tiny pots and hanging baskets.

Graptoveria Bashful 

Description

A hybrid of Echeveria and Graptopetalum, this is a beautiful small succulent with clump-forming rosettes up to 3 inches (7.5 cm) in diameter that lacks stem and has thick spooned leaves with pointed leaves. 

When this succulent is placed in a bright sunny area receiving direct sunlight frequently, its leaves change colour from green to purple. This succulent is perfect for outdoor areas, however it needs some shelter in winters and cannot survive outdoors. It is advisable to keep it indoors before the onset of winters. You can propagate Graptoveria bashful by seeds, leaf cuttings or offsets.

Echeveria Taurus

Description

Echeverias are very charming succulents that make compact rosettes of fleshy, triangular, deep red green leaves and are grown as houseplants. 

Different varieties and cultivars can be selected from within the genus. In summers, purple flowers arise on tall stems.

You can grow Echeveria Taurus in pots in well-draining soil and keep them in sunny areas. Grow your Echeverias outside in summers but keep them indoors before the onset of winters.

The growing season for this plant is from early May to late June. 

Remember one thing that Echeveria Taurus often grows very wide making it unappealing for some spaces. So keep it in mind when choosing this succulent. 

Echeveria Perle Von Nurnberg 

Description

Perle von Nurnberg’ is an attractive evergreen gray succulent that changes pink and purple in bright sun. It bears purple flowers that bloom in the summers. It grows fast and can be easily propagated. Echeveria ‘Perle von Nurnberg’ requires watering like any other succulent and allows the soil to dry out completely between waterings.

Plant this succulent in a container so that it can be kept indoors, when required. It grows well in full to partial sun, so plant it in an area of your garden that receives 6 hours of sunlight daily.

One important thing to remember is to remove the dead leaves from PVN quickly, as they may attract pests.

Ghost Echeveria

Description

Ghost Echeveria, also known as Echeveria lilacina is a slow-growing, charismatic and forgetful succulent that needs  typical succulent care with bright light, less water and proper drainage and can be grown both indoors and outdoors. In favourable conditions, the ghost echeveria grows 8″ to 10″ inches tall and 7 inches in diameter.

Ghost Echeveria has spoon shaped, fleshy, silver grey leaves that grow in a symmetrical rosette shape that develop a more lilac tone in autumn. Exposure to bright sun will deepen the purplish color.  The silver-grey appearance of the plant has given this plant the name Ghost Echeveria.

Grapotveria ‘Debbi’

Description

One of the most attractive succulent plants, it is a combination of Echeveria and Graptopetalum. It has remarkable foliage that looks amazing. 

This cultivar forms a tight cluster of rosette with fleshy, pointed, pink-purple leaves and the rosettes can grow about 8 inches (20cm) in diameter. Graptoveria ‘Debbi’ develops the shoots quickly and multiplies fast, so you have to water it occasionally. 

Although Graptoveria ‘Debbi’ has pale green foliage, but when they get the maximum sunlight daily, they become purple slowly. Thus, it is better to keep them on south-facing window sills. This succulent has a thick coating of epicuticular wax that gives it a powdery, pastel appearance. 

It cannot survive frost, so in freezing temperatures, they should be kept indoors. Bright sunlight, proper drainage and intermittent water to avoid rot, are all they need to flourish. Choose pots with drainage holes and well-draining cactus and succulent soil having 50% to 70% mineral grit like coarse sand, pumice, or perlite. Water thoroughly so that excess water runs out of the drainage hole, then let the soil fully dry before watering again. Graptoveria ‘Debbi’ is easy to propagate from stem cuttings and mature leaves.

Sempervivum ‘Raspberry ice’

Sempervivum ‘Raspberry Ice’ is an everlasting succulent with green rosettes with thick, symmetrical, raspberry-red leaves that become purple red on maturity and grow in clumps and have long cilia.  

Each rosette grows big and forms a thick bunch. In summers, this succulent blooms with very pretty, colorful purple flowers that draw butterflies and bees. So if you grow this succulent in your garden, there will be beautiful butterflies in your garden in the summer.

Raspberry ice is easily propagated from seed. You can germinate the seeds in adequately moist sandy-loam soil mix. This succulent grows best in sandy soils. Sempervivum plants are very strong and they grow easily even in poor soils. Sempervivum ‘Raspberry Ice’ is also known to be immune to diseases and pests. 

Echeveria Black Prince

Description

The Echeveria Black Prince is an evergreen beautiful succulent with l fleshy, spoon shaped leaves and are deep green to brown in color and are not compact like most Echeverias. As the leaves are dark in color that’s why they are named Black Prince. 

Echeveria ‘Black Prince’ produces offsets (chicks) and these chicks are green in color, but their color gets darker as they grow.  This succulent can be grown in garden beds or container gardens.

‘Black Prince’ needs water like any other succulent and the soil should dry out completely between waterings. Echeveria grows more attractive when exposed to the full sun. If you need dark succulents for your garden, you may consider this Echeveria.  Propagation can be done by cuttings, leaves or offsets.

Sedum Dasyphyllum

Description

Sedum Dasyphyllum is also known as Corsican Stonecrop and is a low growing succulent native to the Mediterranean region.

Sedum dasyphyllum has a creeping stem with mint-green, short and rounded leaves that become lilac purple in full sun. The plant blooms with pink-white/ purple flowers usually between June and July. 

It grows up to 5 inches in length and 12 inches in diameter. Sedum Dasyphyllum needs 5 to 6 hours of sunlight to grow and can also be grown in partial shade. Keep your Sedum Dasyphyllum in a well lit room, if you are keeping it indoors. It is best to keep it next to a window that allows lots of sunlight.

Sandy soil, loamy soil, and clay soil are the best soils for Sedum Dasyphyllum. It can survive without water for a longer time period, so water Sedum Dasyphyllum only when required. Make sure that the soil is completely soaked with water and then allow the soil to dry before watering the plant again.

Although Sedum Dasyphyllum propagates on its own, it can also be propagated from stem cuttings. It should be noted that it is an outdoor plant but can be grown indoors. 

Tradescantia Pallida

Tradescantia Pallida, also popular as Setcreasea purpurea, is a small, low-growing succulent plant with pointed purple leaves covered in soft pale hairs arranged alternatively around the thick, segmented stems.

The flowers bloom all over the year and in summers, the leaves develop a purple color due to being exposed to the sun.  The flowers are used for medical purposes to treat illnesses like dysentery. This succulent can survive in hot weather, but cannot survive in cold conditions. 

Anacampseros Purple Giant

Description

Anacampseros Rufescens also popular as Sunrise succulent or Sand Rose is a low-growing succulent with bold plum colored, seashell- like leaves and has long white hairs on its stem. 

This succulent is a native to South Africa and grows in small clusters that produce offsets. The leaves are rainbow colored with green, yellow- green, purple and pink foliage and thin, white hairs grow around the plant. 

It blooms with purple flowers having yellow stamens. They need approximately 4-6 hours of bright light everyday to flourish. Avoid keeping them in poor light for longer periods of time as they will lose their bright colors and will go back to pale green color. 

Use grow lights, if you are growing it indoors. 

Sedeveria ‘Lilac Mist’

Description

Sedeveria ‘Lilac Mist’ is a new hybrid of Sedum and Echeveria. This cultivar got its name from the display of their foliage, greyish green with a lilac blush. Compact rosettes of very fat leaves grow about 9 or 10 cm. with a chunky shape. 

Lilac Mist succulent plants need sun, warmth, and well draining soil. For planting outside, early spring is the best time. Once it is established, Lilac Mist sedeveria needs least care or watering.

Right soil mix is important to get your sedeveria established. The soil should be light and loose, so add coarse grit or just grit and compost. During the hot season, water the growing sedeveria, when the soil completely dries out.

In the winters, you don’t need to water frequently. As the plant grows, the bottom leaves will wither and turn brown. Make sure to remove those to avoid any fungal infections. 

Lilac Mist Sedeveria looks fascinating and it can be the perfect addition to your succulent collection.

Echinocereus Engelmannii

Description

The cylindrical, ribbed stems of hedgehog cactus that are 4 to 12 inches in height occur singly or in small clusters. Curved spines can be red, yellow, white or gray. 

Echinocereus engelmannii blooms in April and May with flowers that are large, tubular, pink, magenta or purple in shade and bloom for several days. 

Flowers are 2-3 1/4 inches long and over 3 inches across. Englemannii’s is one of the most commonly found hedgehog cacti in the southwestern deserts. It can be easily identified with purple to magenta flowers and curved spines. 

Echinocereus fobeanus

Description

A native to Texas, Echinocereus chisoensis var. fobeanus likes sunny areas and dry gritty-sandy soil. The plants can bear temperatures down to -7°C.

Echinocereus chisoensis forms small loose clumps with stems growing up to 30 cm (1 foot) long, that can lean onto the ground sometimes. 

Flowers bloom from March to May and are whitish with red or purple spots near the base and are up to 10 cm (4 inches) long  and fruits are green.

Ancistrocactus uncinatus (Catclaws) 

Description

The Cat Claw plant (Glandulicactus uncinatus or Ancistrocactus uncinatus) is a striking succulent, native to Texas and Mexico. 

The mature plants are only about 6 inches (15 cm.) tall and can be round or slightly elongated. Cat Claws are without stems embedded with the long red, hooked spines and peripheral beige coloured spines that are much smaller.

The plant has bluish green, rough skin with large tubercles.  In spring, mature cacti bloom with funnel shaped flowers that are rusty red, maroon or brownish purple. Each flower is 3-inch (7.6 cm.) and develops into a red fruit. Propagation of cat claw cacti is done by the seeds.  Like most cacti, least care is needed for cat claw cactus and is highly suggested for beginners. 

Austrocylindropuntia vestita ( Old Man Opuntia)

Description

A native of northern Argentina and southern Bolivia, these are prostrate cacti whose stem grows upto 0.5 meters in height. It is deep green in colour, enveloped by the white wool that also covers the spines.

They bloom in summers with deep red or pinkish purple flowers that are 3 cm in diameter.

Austrocylindropuntia vestita grows well in direct sunlight or semi-shade. They can resist cold up to 3 ºC.

Use a commercial cactus substrate or a mixture of 25% coarse siliceous sand, 25% blond peat, 25% black peat and 25% heather soil.

Water adequately and wait till the soil is completely dry before watering again. Avoid watering frequently in winters.  They can be grown in pots. These plants are resistant to pests and diseases.  Propagation can be done easily by stem cuttings or by seeds sown in spring.

Opuntia Basilaris (BeaverTail Prickly Pear)

Description

Opuntia basilaris are spineless and the greyish blue pads are shaped like the tail of a beaver. The plant lacks a woody central trunk, forming low clumps growing broader more than upwards.

The mature plant can grow up to 15 cm (6″) tall and grow best from spring to fall. Pads along with the rows of glochids are engulfed in fine velvety hairs and develop a purple shade in dry conditions, when the surface is parched.  The flowers can be purple, red, or pink and the fruit is yellow.

Mammillaria Hahniana (Old Lady Cactus)

Description

A native to central Mexico, Mammillaria hahniana is a  flowering plant that grows upto 25 cm tall and 50 cm broad. The individual spherical stems are covered with white, hair-like spines.

The Mammillaria hahniana generally blooms in the spring and summer months. The flowers are small, very attractive with bright red-purple color and grow in a circle in the upper part of the plant just like a crown. Propagation of the Old Lady Cactus is done through offsets that develop in clusters near the base of a mature plant. 

Like most cacti, this plant likes to be exposed to around four to six hours of direct sunlight everyday. However, it doesn’t like excess sunlight. 

Stapelia Leendertziae

Description

A native to South Africa and Zimbabwe, Stapelia leendertziae is a hairy, creeping succulent plant that trails with a long, erect, pale green or reddish stem and is slightly crinkled.

Flowers bloom in late summers and are large, bell-shaped and deep reddish to dark purple inside, about 8cm in diameter and 7 or 8 cm long.

In general, they are small flowered, drought-resistant succulents that can be grown in containers. They should not be over-watered. They prefer sunny areas and grow in semi shade in hot places. The soil must have proper drainage.

Kalanchoe Humilis (Desert Surprise)

Description

Native to Africa, kalanchoe humilis is very unique in appearance and has green, flat, wide leaves with purple and maroon markings across the leaves. The leaves can be up to 3-4 inches (7.6 to 10 cm) long. 

This plant is bushy and low-growing and can grow 3 ft. (91 cm) tall. It blooms with light purple and green flowers with tall stalks from early spring to mid-summer. 

The purple markings become more intense with exposure to the sun. The plant can tolerate light shade to full sun. It prefers moderate to warm temperatures.

Water adequately when the soil is dry in summer but avoid over-watering the plant. Keep it dry in winters.

It can be easily grown as an indoor plant. These plants can survive on neglect. 

 Mammillaria Guelzowiana

Description

Mammillaria guelzowiana is a soft small individual or clustering cactus, with the stems covered by spines. 

This species blooms in June and July with bright magenta or purple, bell shaped, fragrant flowers about 6 cm in diameter.

Keep the plants in shallow pots to become crowded in their pot. It needs regular watering but avoid watering till it is dry as it is especially sensitive to overwatering. Also, it is a winter dormant species and requires very little water in the colder months.

Minimum temperature for safe growing is 5°C (but can tolerate up to -5°C or less.) It can tolerate full morning sun, but needs afternoon shade. Propagation of Mammillaria can be done by offsets or seeds.