Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Seeking a perennial replacement for annual petunias?

Question: Is the wild petunia in the data base as invasive/aggressive as the more common ruellia? In other words, will it pop up everywhere? Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & Gray) Urban Common wild ...

Wild petunia makes a perfect alternative to the non-native and highly invasive Mexican petunia. The flowers of wild petunia are very similar to those of Mexican petunia: They are a lovely shade of ...

A team of researchers from Pomona College and the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden has figured out how a wild petunia plant is able to fling its seeds so far. In their paper published in the Journal of ...

When gardeners look at a petunia, they see the vibrant and versatile blooms of the most popular bedding plant in the U.S. But when plant scientists look at a petunia, they see an important model plant ...

Petunias produce pretty summer flowers, and the native Carolina wild petunia is no exception. The wild petunia, scientifically known as Ruellia caroliniensis, is a Coastal Plain native perennial that ...