Compact, colorful, and wonderfully cheerful, Gomphrena ‘Gnome Purple’ brings bright purple globe-shaped flowers to sunny gardens, containers, and cutting gardens. This easy-care annual, also known as globe amaranth, produces charming clover-like blooms that hold their color beautifully and add playful texture to borders, pollinator plantings, patio pots, and seasonal displays. Long-lasting in the garden and excellent for fresh or dried flowers, it is a small plant with plenty of personality.

Growing into a tidy, compact mound, Gomphrena ‘Gnome Purple’ fits beautifully along pathways, at the front of sunny beds, tucked into mixed containers, or planted in cheerful drifts for bold summer color. Its purple flowers pair wonderfully with zinnias, marigolds, cosmos, salvias, celosia, ornamental grasses, silver foliage, and other heat-loving annuals that create a bright, pollinator-friendly garden display. Bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects are drawn to the blooms, while gardeners appreciate its tidy habit and long season of color.

Plant Gomphrena ‘Gnome Purple’ in full sun with well-drained soil and moderate water while it settles in. Once established, this heat-tolerant annual handles warm weather beautifully and keeps flowering with very little fuss. Bright, durable, and delightfully useful, it is a wonderful choice for adding compact color to sunny spaces. Explore more seasonal favorites in our Annuals collection.

We guarantee that the plants we sell are healthy and viable at the time they leave our care.

If a plant arrives in substandard condition, please take clear photographs and contact us within 48 hours of delivery. To ensure eligibility under this guarantee, we strongly encourage you to open and unpack your shipment immediately upon delivery and inspect the plants thoroughly.

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$14.99 flat rate for up to 6 plants is for standard FedEx/UPS Ground shipping to eligible states only. $19.99 for up to 12 plants. Plants being shipped to the following states are sent via Express Mail to help ensure they arrive quickly and healthy. 

(AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV)
(list of states subject to change seasonally due to extreme heat or cold conditions)

We cannot ship Annie's Annuals plants to P.O. boxes or outside the continental U.S.

Individual plants are shipped in 4" pots and we ship in boxes of 4, 6, 8, or 12 plants per box.

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