A Purple Queen graces my garden

A Purple Queen now rules over my balcony garden. 

This beautiful plant was given to me as an Easter gift this year.  Purple Queen or by the Latin name, setcresia purpurea is a periennal with beautiful trailing purple vines.  It adapts to full or partial sunlight and can weather cold temperatures as low as 30 degrees.  The leaves and stems of the plant are a violet purple.  It is a colorful vine in any garden with violet leaves and explosions of pink flowers in the summer.  It is considered invasive by in-ground gardeners and is often picked out as a weed, because Purple Queen is strong enough to take over the entire garden.  This is where the balcony gardener has the advantage.  These hardy plants are beautiful in hanging containers.  They drop long purple vines that brighten the mood of any balcony garden and are easily propagated.

My Purple Queen is very small and many of the leaves were broken and damaged in the nursery.  Despite this, I have high hopes that this plant will flourish in my balcony garden.  Purple Queen is a survivor and I am confident mine will rebound with love and care.