Re: OT-PLANTS: pink wild petunia (Ruellia)
- Subject: Re: OT-PLANTS: pink wild petunia (Ruellia)
- From: D* K*
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:10:59 -0400
No, mine is not a cultivar. It's a native species I purchased from
Toadshade Wildflower Farm in New Jersey (http://www.toadshade.com/)
they have a photo on their website. It's the same as mine --- I
guess more lavendar than pink --- but see for yourself. They also
have the Smooth Wild Petunia.
I had both R. strepens & R. humilis, but after the move to my new
house I've only seen R. humilis blooming. R. strepens might be alive
out there somewhere amongst the weeds, but it's not going to bloom
this year.
>The one I found is either Ruellia humilis or R. caroliniensis. It is a
>bit intermediate with these two - not completely without hairs and the
>upper leaves don't have petioles while the lower ones do. I mowed right
>thru the middle of the population - about half have typical blue-purple
>flowers, the others are a very nice pink.
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>Dennis, is your pink Ruellia a cultivar?
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><According to our local Ruellia expert and Spuria hybridizer, Dr.
>Charlie Jenkins, the pink ruellia is called Chi-Chi. It's botanical
>name is Ruellia Brittoniana. Patrick Orr
>Phoenix, AZ Zone 9 USA >
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><I grow the hairy wild petunia and it's flowers are pink. I forget
>the scientific name. ... R. strepens [or] R. humilis?? Not sure.--
>Dennis Kramb; Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6>
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><I do know that there is a pink form of Ruellia brittoniana, but that is
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>a Mexican native, that supposedly is not hardy north of Zone 8. Mark A.
>Cook Florida>
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>Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6
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