Wild petunia (ruellia) again!

[dandysmom]

I hope I'm not overdoing this, but I am soooo taken with this plant! I can just see it next year blooming next to the orange daylilies....:D

These are pics I took this morning on the way home from the market. They give a better impression of the size, and the color is truer than in that link I posted before......

http://www.catsey.com/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/dandysmom/Non%20Cat/DSCN1449.jpg%5B/IMG%5D
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/dandysmom/Non%20Cat/DSCN1449.jpg


http://www.catsey.com/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/dandysmom/Non%20Cat/DSCN1451.jpg%5B/IMG%5D
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/dandysmom/Non%20Cat/DSCN1451.jpg


I love blue flowers.

[Mags]

That's really nice Eileen, would the pot be too much for you to carry home?

[alexgirl73]

it is very pretty indeed.

[random]

What a lovely colour!

[dandysmom]

Yes, Mags, way way too heavy! It's a 20 minute walk, part of it uphill to boot! I've ordered seeds; am sure it's too late this season for them to bloom, but they are marginally hardy here in my climate zone and may overwinter with mulching; also, they can be grown indoors as a pot plant according to one link .......

[angieh]

They would be stunning with orange day lilies Eileen - I can see why you are so taken with them!

[dandysmom]

They would be stunning with orange day lilies Eileen - I can see why you are so taken with them!

I like strong color contrasts like that..... on next years garden schedule is a lovely plant I heard of thru Kazz and Alex: Geum Mrs Bradshaw, which would be very nice next to Johnson's Blue geranium and some blue platycodon......
I do not go in much for pastels...:-D

[Moli]

Its really lovley DM..Pity you could not get someone to help you carry it home...

[angieh]

I like a bit of a mixture - accents of bold colour contrasts are great I think. I was amazed when I first saw these berries on a small tree in a garden I was visiting -

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc44/angieh_bucket/Misc/Euonymuseuropaeus01.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc44/angieh_bucket/Misc/EuonymusRedAce.jpg

They didn't look real somehow - that red and orange together. It's called the European Spindle Berry - don't know if you have a similar tree or shrub in U.S.?

[Moli]

Just read a bit about it DM, seemingly it will root in water, maybe you could get a cutting??

[dandysmom]

Just read a bit about it DM, seemingly it will root in water, maybe you could get a cutting??

Oh dear, don't tempt me! I just happen to have a teeny pair of scissors on the penknife on my key chain.....:roll:...but tomorrow is Friday the 13th, plus I'm a law abiding gal.....and with my luck...:-D

Guess I will stick with seeds...

[Mags]

Oh dear, don't tempt me! I just happen to have a teeny pair of scissors on the penknife on my key chain.....:roll:...but tomorrow is Friday the 13th, plus I'm a law abiding gal.....and with my luck...:-D

Guess I will stick with seeds...

:lol: :lol: :lol: I may even google the Washington Post this weekend to see if you've been up to mischief Eileen! :-D

[angieh]

Oh dear, don't tempt me! I just happen to have a teeny pair of scissors on the penknife on my key chain.....:roll:...but tomorrow is Friday the 13th, plus I'm a law abiding gal.....and with my luck...:-D

Guess I will stick with seeds...

You could perhaps ask the shop whether you could try taking a cutting - even offer to pay something?

[dandysmom]

LOL, I was a very good girl today and walked by the plant display with my hands in my pockets! It is Friday the 13th...I take no chances today...:-D

[Moli]

LOL, I was a very good girl today and walked by the plant display with my hands in my pockets! It is Friday the 13th...I take no changes today...:-D
Ah!! does this mean you may next time you pass it??;)

[dandysmom]

LOL, Moli, I am content waiting for the seeds.......

[Moli]

LOL, Moli, I am content waiting for the seeds.......
You have a lot more patience than I have DM...:)

[dandysmom]

You have a lot more patience than I have DM...:)

Comes with getting old I guess, Moli! :-D