Ruellia Purple Flowers. So far it seems like an excellent selection for plant borders or areas where a durable source of color is needed. From South Carolina to Texas plus Hawaii Puerto Rico and the U.
21062014 It has beautiful light-green foliage and purple flowers that appear off an on throughout the year with the heaviest bloom occurring in spring. Until 2012 the only exception was the sterile Ruellia Purple Showers. Blooms in late fall in most areas through winter in the Tropical South.
Each blossom lasts a day or two but new.
All of them set fruits and are potentially invasive. Ruellia brittoniana Baby Katie. Best grown as a container plant and given shelter during frosty weather. In 2007 Rosanna Freyre developed the first focused Ruellia.