Ruellia brittoniana "Katie' or 'Nolan's Dwarf" 25/6 Restock this member of the coffee

this member of the coffee family

and is one of the best roses going for a rain garden

The species name dauricum points to Dauria

and where summer's plain green frame can recede behind showier neighbors

feeding pollinators in spring and wildlife in summer

Ruellia brittoniana "Katie' or 'Nolan's Dwarf" 25/6 Restock this member of the coffeeThe '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