1.   He came to a lilac with purple blossoms rimmed with white.

2.   In early spring, purple blossoms of the Judas tree, blooming fig and fruit trees dot the landscape.

3.   In the next few weeks the vines will produce hanging clusters of purple blossoms that emit a piercing, sweet aroma akin to the smell of grape gum.

4.   Keen pinched a frail purple blossom between two fingers, and then pointed to the three pomegranate-red threads dangling between the petals.

5.   Last summer, they grew well over six feet tall and produced gorgeous purple blossoms in August and September, drowning a rose bush next to them.

6.   The plants are clumplike with long, narrow dark-green leaves and produce beautiful five-petal purple blossoms.

7.   The salad benefits from a generous amount of fresh chives, but this time of year the combination begs for a final shower of the purple blossoms.

8.   Down the Via Dolorosa toward Tirana, plum trees are ablaze in purple blossoms.

9.   Huge mats of the gauzy purple blossoms and thickly tangled roots of water hyacinths are mushrooming along the shores of Lake Victoria, disrupting life for millions of people.