Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
Carolina wild petunia is an easygoing native perennial with lavender-blue trumpet flowers all summer, a tough, drought-tolerant plant for sun or part shade and a larval host for common buckeye butterflies.
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- purple, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV