Ruellia Black Beauty Trillium and pink flower heads that

and pink flower heads that are produced nonstop until frost

little-known fairy wing first discovered in China's Guizhou Province by Joanna Zhang under the direction of plantsman Darrell Probst

This winter-grower makes a spreading mass of attractive foliage to 15" tall x 3' wide in 6 years (much slower than the species)

distinguished by its two-tone flowers

like most other cultivars of Vinca minor

Ruellia Black Beauty Trillium and pink flower heads thatRuellia 'Black Beauty' is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and asked about plants in rock gardening circles. It only took a decade of searching to finally acquire it in 2010. Ruellia 'Black Beauty' first appeared in the 1990s in the Maryland garden of the late Alexej (Sasha) Borkovec as a probable hybrid of Ruellia ciliosa. In the garden, the winter deciduous Ruellia 'Black Beauty' makes a 10" tall x 18" wide clump of dark black thumb shaped