Ruellia Black Beauty Sanguinaria white petals at the top

white petals at the top with a pink slipper attached below

ending in 8" long fragrant pure white flowers

makes you wonder what else might be there

well-drained soils produce the best flowering

This exquisite woodland perennial makes a dainty-looking 12" wide clump of 2' tall stalks clothed with nondescript green foliage

Ruellia Black Beauty Sanguinaria white petals at the topRuellia '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