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Ruellia simplex 'Mayan White' |
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| Common name |
Mexican petunia |
| Family |
acanthaceae |
| Life cycle |
tender perennial (Z8-11)  |
| Flowers |
white |
| Size |
3-4' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil, not too dry |
Evergreen shrubby perennial. The species has purple flowers, this cultivar blooms in white. It has a reputation for spreading aggressively by runners, and I found this to be quite true. Both the original clump and a few offsets in the nursery container that I planted elsewhere grew to giant and expanding clumps by the following summer. In the end, I decided that fighting their aggressive ways was more trouble than it was worth, so I took out both stands – which filled up my compost pile completely.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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