Ruellia blooms in one portion of my garden.

Panther just pulled a lot of these out of my front garden beds and greenhouse beds this year - they're growing like weeds and popping up everywhere! They do have a lovely flower though.

Yes you right Bernieh, I tend to pull out a lot as well to keep them controlled.

Never heard of Ruellia. pretty blue though.

yours are tall, i haven't seen any tall ones before ... i do see plenty covering the ground, though

Thank you both Ff and Autumn/
Autumn,thats interesting that you have some covering the ground, I haven't seen those.

Panther, the ones i see covering the ground are 1 street from where i live, every time i walk past, i see them hovering near the ground, not so high. They come in white and pink as well.

I;d love to see them, I didn't know there would be other colours to these, anyway appreciate if you do have a chance try and take a pic if you can and let's have a look.

Panther,

I'll remember to bring a camera out the next time ...

Thanks Autumn:-)

Love it! I have this same species - a pink variety. I planted it in the ground in fall and it's growing fairly large now...I'm waiting for it to bloom again so I can post some photos. I hope it'll bloom soon.

Thanks Delonix, look forward to seeing the other colours, they must be pretty.

Panther:

It had two little pink blossoms on the plant last fall at only 4 inches/10 cm tall. Now that it's in the ground it should bloom soon and hopefully have more blooms.

Looking forward to some pics soon Delonix:-) I love how they bloom so plentifully.

Panther, i've posted a pink ruellia. Unable to take a picture of white, they cleared off the weeds off the road. Maybe next time ...

Aww how kind, thank you Autumn, I shall take a look at it now!

no trouble at all, Panther ... walk past the road all the time ...

These are lovely. I'm sure they are all over. I've got one in my garden. I had to pot it up, it was sprouting everywhere in the terrarium I had it in. Its a little different, ruellia makoyana. Heres a link if you like.

http://www.growsonyou.com/garden/show_garden_item/4484-monkey-plant

Thanks Gt just took a look at the link, yours have veiny leaves as compared to mine and interesting how it flowers through your winter, how lovely. My plants are tall and are becoming more of a pest as little plants are just springing up in every space.Today I had to cut a few back to tidy up my garden a bit:-(

I had to learn enjoying cutting it back. In a pot it gets tall but quites blooming if I don't cut it back every six months. What a reseeder! But nice bloomer. :-)