Forked Bluecurls The Celtic Farm Thelypteris normalis

Thelypteris normalis

also known as the Texas Petunia or Purple Ruellia

making it a charming late bloomer within its genus

and Scarlet Strawberry

Salvia clevelandii

Forked Bluecurls The Celtic Farm Thelypteris normalisTrichostema dichotomum A small, self seeding annual plant in the mint family with 2 or 3 blue, 2 lipped flowers at the tips of short branches arising from the leaf axils. Found in dry, open, sandy woodlands and around rock outcrops. Its native habitat runs from southern Maine south to Florida, west to Texas and north to Missouri and Michigan. The flowers are borne in late summer and fragrant. An annual herbaceous forb with opposite, simple leaves, and