Wild petunia (ruellia) again!

dandysmom · 12-06-2008, 09:02 PM

I hope I'm not overdoing this, but I am soooo taken with this plant! I can just see it next year blooming next to the orange daylilies....

These are pics I took this morning on the way home from the market. They give a better impression of the size, and the color is truer than in that link I posted before......

I love blue flowers.

Mags · 12-06-2008, 09:08 PM

That's really nice Eileen, would the pot be too much for you to carry home?

alexgirl73 · 12-06-2008, 09:12 PM

it is very pretty indeed.

random · 12-06-2008, 09:14 PM

What a lovely colour!

dandysmom · 12-06-2008, 09:14 PM

Yes, Mags, way way too heavy! It's a 20 minute walk, part of it uphill to boot! I've ordered seeds; am sure it's too late this season for them to bloom, but they are marginally hardy here in my climate zone and may overwinter with mulching; also, they can be grown indoors as a pot plant according to one link .......

angieh · 12-06-2008, 09:53 PM

They would be stunning with orange day lilies Eileen - I can see why you are so taken with them!

dandysmom · 12-06-2008, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by angieh

They would be stunning with orange day lilies Eileen - I can see why you are so taken with them!

I like strong color contrasts like that..... on next years garden schedule is a lovely plant I heard of thru Kazz and Alex: Geum Mrs Bradshaw, which would be very nice next to Johnson's Blue geranium and some blue platycodon......
I do not go in much for pastels...

Moli · 12-06-2008, 10:52 PM

Its really lovley DM..Pity you could not get someone to help you carry it home...

angieh · 12-06-2008, 10:54 PM

I like a bit of a mixture - accents of bold colour contrasts are great I think. I was amazed when I first saw these berries on a small tree in a garden I was visiting -

They didn't look real somehow - that red and orange together. It's called the European Spindle Berry - don't know if you have a similar tree or shrub in U.S.?

Moli · 12-06-2008, 11:18 PM

Just read a bit about it DM, seemingly it will root in water, maybe you could get a cutting??

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