Re: Mystery Plant

Sorry, Joe,

It IS a Ruellia, but this one has mauve-pink flowers and longer, narrower leaves than R. brittoniana.  It is almost as rampant and invasive a weed as brittoniana, and it seeds profusely, but the two species, grown side-by-side have never hybridized for me.  I have been trying unsuccessfully for years to find a correct identity for it.

John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23


On Jul 24, 2006, at 7:13 AM, Joe Seals wrote:

Ruellia brittoniana, MEXICAN PETUNIA.
 
Joe

Cali Doxiadis <gastouri@ker.forthnet.gr> wrote:
 
Can anyone help?
Cali Doxiadis



Joe Seals
Santa Maria, California --
where the weather is always perfect
and my NEW garden will soon be blooming and full of birds and butterflies

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