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Light Requirements: full sun/part shade

Soil Moisture: medium dry/dry

Bloom Color: lavender

Bloom Time: June-August

Height: 1.5-2 ft.

Root Structure: fibrous

Deer Resistant? yes

Black Walnut Resistant? Not sure

USDA Zones: 4-9

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Wild Petunia (Ruellia humilis)

From $6.00

I'm native to N. America but not NY state. I should be planted in gardens, but not in wild spaces.

I'm called a wild petunia, but actually I only look like a petunia, I'm in a differnt plant family than the familiar petunia.

I like drier conditions and bloom during the heat of the summer

I'm adaptable, so I can become agressive sometimes.

I attract many insects including the Common Buckeye Butterfly.

I also attract hummingbirds.

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