Detail
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Ruellia peninsularis
Desert Ruellia
Notes

Uses: As a specimen or background plant or grouped as an informal hedge in median strips or streetscapes.
It has a naturally rounded form that requires very little pruning or other maintenance. Requires well-drained soils. Butterfly attracting.

  • Height 1-1.2m
  • Spread 0.4-0.6m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Acanthaceae
  • Botanical Name Ruellia peninsularis
  • Common Name Desert Ruellia
  • Origin California
  • Habit Dense, Rounded
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Rock, Sand
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Blue
  • Flowering Time Summer, Autumn
  • Flower Type Trumpet
  • Purpose Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)