In the South, Ruellia are long-flowering and easy-to-grow additions to any garden. Ruellia flowers come in a variety of colors including white, pink, purple and red that attract butterflies.

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Ruellia are North American members of the Acanthaceae family, and a genus that offers a wide array of often-overlooked garden plants. We have selected several garden-worthy ruellias that we think you'll enjoy.

Ruellia (False Petunia) Growing Conditions

In the arctic regions north of Zone 7, false petunia make great flowering annuals or container plants. In the South, they are long-flowering and easy-to-grow additions to any garden. The flowers look very much like petunias, but the rest of the plant looks nothing like a petunia. Ruellia flowers come in a variety of colors including white, pink, purple and red that attract butterflies. In warm, moist, subtropical locations, ruellia will re-seed heavily and is weedy. We do not recommend that gardeners in the Deep South plant this perennial. We see some seedlings in our Raleigh, NC garden but do not consider it to be weedy here.