Ruellia Black Beauty Peru means lead-like

means lead-like

the base of the deer-resistant wild ginger clump is adorned with giant silver dollar-sized flowers that look like bloodshot eyes after a three day drunk

The lacy silver-blue foliage of Seseli gummiferum resembles a compact Artemisia 'Powis Castle'

The clumps are topped with 18" scapes of lavender flowers in mid-July

Osmunda spectabilis

Ruellia Black Beauty Peru means lead-likeRuellia '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