Large bush with reddish leaves above and under planting of bright green. The bush is a cotinus, or smoke bush.

Shrub with purple flowers, above dark green foliage. This is a ceanothus bush, commonly known as California lilac.

Purple globe flower of an allium, aka ornamental onion

Shrub with small pinkish violet flowers, with green leaves peaking through. I’m not sure what this is but it smelled like lilac.

It’s all shades of purple on my walks lately.
- purple smoke bush (cotinus)
- California lilac (ceanothus)
- globe allium
- Lilac (syringa)

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