Ruellia Mayan Purple Mexican Petunia Shrub (Purple Flowers) in a 10 in. (3 gal.) Grower Pot

Add months of vibrant color to your landscape with this flowering shrub, a vigorous heat loving perennial prized for its striking trumpet shaped purple blooms and lush green foliage. Flowering from late spring through frost, this easy care plant creates a continuous display of rich violet purple flowers that attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds throughout the growing season. With its upright, clump forming habit, the plant is an excellent choice for pollinator gardens, borders, rain gardens, mass plantings and large containers. Thrives in full sun but also performs well in partial shade, making it a versatile addition to a wide range of landscape designs. Once established, this resilient perennial tolerates heat, humidity, periods of drought, and even occasional wet soils, providing dependable beauty with minimal maintenance year after year. Whether used to create bold drifts of color or paired with ornamental grass and other flowering perennials, this season long bloomer is an outstanding garden performer. PP 24422.

Botanical Name:  Ruellia x simplex 'R-10-102

• Produces vibrant purple blooms for months
• Attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds
• Exceptional heat and humidity tolerance
• Adaptable to a variety of garden conditions
• Low maintenance, easy to grow
• Excellent for borders, containers and mass plantings
• Provides continuous color throughout the growing season, from late spring to frost
• Grows 18-24 in. tall and wide
• Ships in a 10 in. tall & wide black grower pot and the plant itself is approximately 18 in. tall
• We're sorry but due to state regulations, this plant cannot be shipped into California
• Outdoor hardy only in USDA plant hardiness zones 8-11; in all other areas, treat as an annual and replace each year
• To accommodate mature size or when planting in groups or as a hedge, space 18 in. away from other plants or structures
• Grows in most average well drained soils
• Grows in Full sun to Partial shade
• Moderate watering until established, drought tolerant once established