Ruellia brittoniana "Katie' or 'Nolan's Dwarf" 25/6 Restock The dried stems

The dried stems

The species name dauricum points to Dauria

and no obvious pest or disease troubles the shrub

feeding pollinators in spring and wildlife in summer

and a fine native alternative to non-native groundcovers in the cool

Ruellia brittoniana "Katie' or 'Nolan's Dwarf" 25/6 Restock The dried stemsThe 'Katie' Ruellia is the well mannered dwarf of the Mexican petunia, a low, spreading mound barely a foot high that blooms without pause from summer until frost. Above narrow, strap like, dark green leaves open a steady succession of bluish purple, trumpet shaped flowers, each an inch and a half across and lasting but a single day, replaced the next morning by a fresh crop. In Charleston, South Carolina, gardeners know the tribe by the charming old