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Products > Ruttyruspolia 'Phyllis Van Heerden'
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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthusą) |
| Origin: Zimbabwe - ex Rhodesia (Africa) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Rose |
| Bloomtime: Summer |
| Parentage: (Ruspolia hypocrateriformis x Ruttya ovata) |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Width: 1-2 feet |
| Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F |
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Ruttyruspolia 'Phyllis Van Heerden' - A compact low-growing shrub to 3 to 4 feet feet tall, more with support, with small dark green pointed leaves and clusters of dusky-rose colored flowers at the branch tips from spring through fall. Plant in part sun to light shade and give regular irrigation. Cold hardy down to at least 28F and some say will take temperatures below 15 °F. This plant is a naturally occurring sterile intergeneric hybrid between two African (Zimbabwe) species in the Acanthus family, Ruspolia hypocrateriformis and Ruttya ovata. Ruttya has a prominently 2-lipped corolla with a short broad tube while Ruspolia has a 5-lobed corolla with a narrowly tube - the wild and garden hybrids have more of the characteristics of Ruspolia. We thank Margies Tyre of Entyrely Awesome Plants for this plant which we have been grown since 2005.
The information displayed on this page about Ruttyruspolia 'Phyllis Van Heerden' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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