2010 - Will the real RUELLIA please stand up! :o)
Ruellia, also sometimes called Wild or Mexican Petunia. Instead of two summers, this plant only took a week to show me some flowers. Talk about instant gratification. Thank you Cathy and Peter! :o) ***** Update 5/27/12: From July 2007 to May 2012 - A
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2013-7-3 - Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) - On the left Ruellia, on the right Petunia
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11/25/11 - Decided to 'speriment. The base of the stems are woody, so end of Sep. I decided to cut it back and leave outside ov
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Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) 9/6/11 - Stretching her legs. She's as tall as she can be. It's been great.
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Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) PL - 8/19/2011
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6-23-11 My own Ruellia, in my own pot, grown from cuttings of original plant began blooming this month.
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4/18/11 - I love experimenting! Instead of tossing the prunings last month, I put the stems in water on the off chance they'd ro
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3/26/11 - Repotted into a much larger pot, cut it back some more to maybe 6", and broke off the stray runners (and some oth
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3/22/11 - Neat! The plant propagates by runners. Here two runners have set leaf out of the drainage holes at the bottom of the
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2/7/11 - Hair cut. Cruella now 8" (circle with the "A" in it). The other two circles show the two new shoots.
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12/4/2010 - Brought Cruella in to liv. room in October. Jack ate the leaves and got sick. I cut about 1 to 1-1/2' off the top
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10/28/10 - Brought Cruella inside.
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Ahhhhhh..... :o) Delivered today, 7/30/2010, via Uncle Walter from Peter and Cathy in VA Beach. happy dance..... :o)
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8/5/10 two buds
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8/5/10 - two hours later :oD)))
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8/7/10 - Like day lilies, each blossom only lasts one day. (see description)
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8/7/10
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9/8/10 - I really should get out more. One of the downstairs neighbors is growing a Ruellia as a backdrop.
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For comparison, Petunia blossoms, since the Ruellia is sometimes called the Wild Petunia.
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