Perennials: Agastache and Salvia on sale at Home Depot!!, 1 by Marilynbeth

Marilynbeth wrote:
Leslie,

I think you have a Ruellia, not an Aster.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/38178/

I looked at PF for the Mexican Petunia and looking at the photos, I see what you mean by the leaves, etc....

Where did you get it?

As for copying and pasting, it's easy and simple. Here's how.....

When I typed Mexican Petunia in the space for common name, I then clicked the first plant that was listed, then when it came up

[ Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells 'Mexican Carpet'
Ruellia brittoniana ]

all you do is look up to the area in the top middle of the 'page' next to where the pink rose is it states.... http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/38178/

take your arrow of the mouse and left click while you're moving from left to right ( getting all the words and numbers in that area space ). You'll get a blue color bar that covers all the words/numbers, then go to the very top left of the page and look for the word "edit". Click edit and a 'drop down bar' of words will appear. Click the word "copy". Then go to the page (like this one on the Agastaches and Salvias Forum for example) you want to post the link to. Then click the word "edit" at the very left top of the page and click "paste" when the 'drop down bar' appears, then you'll get the page like I just did as shown below.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/38178/

Let me know about your plant and the "copy and paste" of links. I've never grown any Ruellia. If my Aster Monch and/or if my Aster 'Purple Dome' put out any seeds, I'll be glad to send you some. Below is the PF link for Aster 'Purple Dome'. I have a couple of photos there.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54972/

I've included a pic of the flowerbed that I have Purple Dome in (it's just starting to bloom a few flowers - I pinched it earlier in the season to keep it shorter, which made for a 'bushier' plant.). In the photo, it is along the right side of the rectangular bed about halfway up, and right before the bluish flowered Butterfly Bush. The leaves are on the 'yellowish-greenish' side of color. Need to correct that, they're not suppose to be that color.

Let me know if you need anymore help and I'll try to help you! ;-)

Marilyn

Edited to state that photo was taken August 12, 07

This message was edited Aug 28, 2007 6:45 PM