A very pretty ground cover flower is that of the Mexican Petunia, or, as it commonly called "Mexican Ruellia." It grows to about two feet in height and is known to be aggressive. The trick to growing this plant is to be aggressive in controlling its growth and expansion in your garden. Quite a few plants will get the best of you if you don't keep ahead of the plant.
I was monitoring the growth of my Mexican Ruellia and my Creeping Coral got the better of me over time. I had to spend the afternoon pulling the new shoots coming out of the ground from the seeds that were popping all over the garden from the Creeping Coral. What got me is that I was concentrating on the large bush of pretty yellow flowers from the Tunera ulmifolia - Yellow Alder (F147) that was growing above the pot with the Creeping Coral plant that I didn't notice all the green plants that were growing just below the Yellow Alder.
I decided that it was time that I remove most of these little plants that were literally growing all over the place and under plants. I pulled a few of the Creeping Coral from the other side of the front garden, where I started, thinking that they were weeds. They were Creeping Coral, and there were a lot of small ones and several that were fairly large. All the time, I was thinking that they were weeds. Now, I have several pots of Creeping Coral, large and small, growing on the side of the house.
While I was at it, I pulled one Pink Ruellia (Petunia) plant that I was sure was a single Mexican Ruellia plant that was definitely a pink color and potted the plant in a separate pot. I always saw this one pink flower but was never able to isolate the actual plant over the years but finally grabbed it today and will label it accordingly.
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