Ruellia makoyana
Trailing Velvet Plant
Ruellia makoyana - 'Trailing Velvet Plant' - grows up to 2 feet tall, and then trails up to 4 foot long, making an attractive houseplant with eye-catching leaves and flowers. Its velvety leaves are dark green to nearly black with a prominent pink center vein that gives the leaves a striped appearance. The leaves are held on creeping stems that can grow up to four foot long, or more. Small clusters of vibrant pink, trumpet shaped flowers bloom at the tips of stems. Winter bloomer.
Contributed by @pretty_paws_29
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Trailing Velvet Plant
Latin name
Ruellia makoyana
type
Perennial
family
Acanthaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.45 M
0.60 M
Ruellia makoyana
Ruellia makoyana - 'Trailing Velvet Plant' - grows up to 2 feet tall, and then trails up to 4 foot long, making an attractive houseplant with eye-catching leaves and flowers. Its velvety leaves are dark green to nearly black with a prominent pink center vein that gives the leaves a striped appearance. The leaves are held on creeping stems that can grow up to four foot long, or more. Small clusters of vibrant pink, trumpet shaped flowers bloom at the tips of stems. Winter bloomer.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Roellia are very invasive, they grow horizontal roots that grow above and below ground, making them difficult to remove thus they are best planted in containers and the containers can be submerged into the ground to prevent spreading. It is also wise to remove seed heads before they ripen as these explode and spread seeds for some distance. They grow in most soil types but prefer moist but well drained sites.
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