Ruellia caroliniensis Nuccio's Nurseries this is among the very

this is among the very best

Soft pink flowers arrive in spring

the fronds ride out a freeze that would shred them standing

The pale blue

but tolerates a wider variety of garden situations

Ruellia caroliniensis Nuccio's Nurseries this is among the veryRuellia caroliniensis, the Carolina wild petunia, is a modest, long blooming native that carries far more ecological weight than the quiet flowers suggest. From early summer into fall, a steady succession of lavender to violet purple trumpets, each an inch or two across and lasting only a single day, opens along upright stems a foot or two high, replaced faithfully the next morning so that the plant is seldom out of bloom for months on end. The wild