Purple Browallia (Browallia speciosa) - purple flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Purple Browallia

Browallia speciosa

Purple Browallia blooms from June through September.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jun–Sep
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 10–11
not yet checked
Sun
Part shade
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Water
Moderate water
not yet checked
Mature size
14 in × 12 in
not yet checked
Type
Annual
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Purple Browallia

Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 10–11. Expect it to reach about 14 in tall and 12 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Purple Browallia

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Purple Browallia into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring. Planted then, it flowers from June to September.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 10, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 10 in January. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Purple Browallia get?

Illustration of Purple Browallia drawn to scale beside an adult14 intall5 ft 7 inan adult12 inwide
About 14 in tall and 12 in wide at maturity: knee-high beside an adult.

See Purple Browallia in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Purple Browallia

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Purple Browallia about 12 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
12 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 10
4 by 8 ft bed
about 32

Add Purple Browallia to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

Good to know about Purple Browallia

Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.

Safety

In the nightshade family. NC State flags it as toxic to cats and dogs if eaten, though ASPCA does not list it; keep it away from pets. per NC State and ASPCA

The Browallia group

One of 3 in the Browallia group. Same plant, same care.

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