PlantsFlowers
Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Low lavender flowers for the front of a dry bed
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 1 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Aug
- How it spreads
- Clump, some seed
- What to buy
- Plants.
- When to plant
- Plant May or September.
In the design
Not the tropical petunia. This one stays through a Chicago winter and doesn't need a hose every day.
