This is ruellia macrantha but not red "Christmas Pride":purple flower with dense dark green leaf
by delphiniumdiva Jun 24, 2004 9:09 AM
http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=RUELLIA_CHRISTMAS
by delphiniumdiva Jun 25, 2004 10:47 AM
Ruellia macrantha in flower in Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida - Feb. 16, 2005
by xyris Feb 20, 2005 11:07 PM
Ruellia macrantha, Sarasota, Florida, March, 2005
by IslandJim Mar 27, 2005 6:21 PM
This Ruellia can get to be 3' or more.
by mgarr Feb 11, 2006 11:14 PM
late October flower, southern California
by palmbob Oct 26, 2010 5:20 PM
The Huntington Botanical Gardens
by growin Aug 13, 2011 9:49 PM
A lovely large flowered tropical looking plant. The bright pink flowers are 3” long & have darker veining in the throat.
by AnniesAnnuals Aug 25, 2011 11:45 AM
Ooh La La! Check out those MASSIVE, 3” long, vibrant magenta-purple blooms! Totally tropicalesque & WINTER BLOOMING!
by AnniesAnnuals Nov 30, 2011 12:34 PM
by Kell Feb 5, 2012 3:19 AM
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by Kell Feb 5, 2012 3:19 AM
Stands about 6 feet tall. Lives outside all year round in Santa Cruz, California.
by Kell Feb 5, 2012 3:20 AM
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Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/
by Kell Jan 22, 2016 8:40 PM
Copyright David Feix, of David Feix Landscape Design in the East Bay and San Francisco Peninsula.
by Kell Jan 31, 2019 5:12 PM
