Ruellia brittoniana to share

This is for those of you who will be attending the garden tour in Berkeley/Oakland on Sept. 10. 
 
I have a wonderful specimen of Ruellia brittoniana that my brother gave me in a little pot from his plant about 6 years ago.  It is now a lovely shrub 5 ft. tall and wide that flowers continuously all summer and until frost with the most wonderful purple flowers.  It is sometimes called invasive and aggressive, but I have had it in a sunny location that receives only weekly watering unless temperatures rise above 95 (then I water that bed every 4 days), and it has kept itself nicely to its spot.  It is just now putting out side runners past where I want it to go, and I thought to share it with anyone coming to that tour that might be interested.  It has been pest free and disease free for me.  It is pinched by hard frost, and early in the spring I cut it back to about 18 inches to 2 feet tall, and it just comes in full and beautiful then.  I am offering it because it isn't available where I garden; though some of you may have it in your local nurseries, I've never seen it here.  I don't know where my brother got it!
 
If anyone is interested they can respond directly to me.  There are probably 10-12 well-rooted side shoots at the moment.
 
Happy Gardening,
Karrie Reid
Folsom Foothill Gardener
Zone 9
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