Name: Ruellia humilis (Wild petunia)

Height: 6”-12”

Spread: 12”

Bloom time: June-August

Bloom color: Lavender to pink

Sun: Full sun-Part sun

Soils: Any- Including Heavy clay, sandy or gravelly

Water: Dry

Life Cycle: Perennial

Description: Wild petunia is a short statured warm season perennial plant that thrives in sunny dry

situations where other plants fail. It doesn’t compete well with other tall flowers but grows nicely

among other short plants. The plant blooms mid-summer and continues to bloom for a few months. If

you have this perennial for several years in your garden, you will notice the seed germinating elsewhere

in the garden. As the pods dry in the fall the seeds will launch several feet away! Re-seeding with this

species is generally not seen as aggressive or problematic.