FREE: Mexican Petunia Organic Heirloom 6-Pods

The listing, Mexican Petunia Organic Heirloom 6-Pods has ended.

You are biding for: 6 heirloom organic pods with approx 7- 8 seeds ea. Standard Purple Flowers.

Beautiful! Mexican Petunia, Ruellia brittoniana.
Tubular, petunia-like, purple, pink and white flowers last for only one day, but bloom freely in succession from spring to frost on this clumping tender perennial shrub.

Butterflies and hummingbirds love the flowers. Plants grow to 3-4 feet tall on greenish-purple stems clad with sword-shaped green leaves. They thrive in a variety of conditions, ranging from wet pond margins to average garden soils.

This is a vigorous, free-blooming selection for beds, borders and large containers.No serious insect or disease problems. Plants may spread by pods self-seeding where it is winter hardy.
It should be noted that species plants have naturalized in the southeastern U. S., and are currently listed as a Category I invasive species by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant.

OTHER NOTES:
The pods with 7 - 8 seeds each, burst open, when they get wet and the black seeds are hurdled away. Used as an anthelmentic, against joint pains and strained muscles.
variety 'Chi chi' has pink flowers
variety 'Icicles' has white flowers
variety 'Baby Katie' is a dwarf, standard purple flowers but height to 12 in only.
Type: Broadleaf evergreen-Annual
Family: Acanthaceae
Zone: 7 to 10
Height: 3 to 4 feet
Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Bloom Time: Flowers freely
Bloom Color: Purple, white and pink
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Medium
Leaves: Evergreen
Wildlife: Attracts Butterflies
Tolerates: Wet Soil, Drought

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