Ruellia caroliniensis Nuccio's Nurseries The pale blue

The pale blue

so a stand of these hollies feeds pollinators as generously as the plants decorate the garden

but tolerates a wider variety of garden situations

In the cooler end of the range the top growth dies back and returns from the base in spring

Ruellia caroliniensis Nuccio's Nurseries The pale blueRuellia caroliniensis, the Carolina wild petunia, is a modest, long blooming native that carries far more ecological weight than the quiet flowers suggest. From early summer into fall, a steady succession of lavender to violet purple trumpets, each an inch or two across and lasting only a single day, opens along upright stems a foot or two high, replaced faithfully the next morning so that the plant is seldom out of bloom for months on end. The wild