Ruellia Species, Monkey Plant, Trailing Velvet Plant

Grows well in my greenhouse in eastern Pennsylvania.
I read it likes humidity and would concur, I water when it starts to get dry....Read More It has grown about 8" + over the summer so I think I'll trim it back this Fall.

Its a lovely little plant, has a faint fragrance and beautilful leaves with the purple/pink five petalled bloom.

I was tol...Read Mored it would make a great basket plant so that is where my three are headed.

I do rate it positive as its been a pleasant one to take care of seeming ly an easy keeper. Hope it will like the outdoors!

Almost never used as a small scale groundcover but i have found it has hardiness making it through last winters 30f freeze unscathed. No ...Read Moreresistance to slugs or snails.As tropical looking as can be. Should make a neat groundcover for palms in shade, or tree ferns.

This plant can be great for those who occasionally neglect their plants. It can be pretty much defoliated and come right back from the t...Read Moreorture, though it will likely be leggy afterward. Easy to propagate if you want more or want a fuller plant. Long-lived and easy to bring into flower. Mine tends to flower as soon as we start getting 12 hours of daylight and stay in flower till winter.