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Ruta graveolens - Rue

Ruta graveolens - Rue

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Common Name: Rue
Bloom Color: Purple
Bloom Season: Spring
Description:

Aromatic, ferny, blue-green leaves. A GREAT plant to feed swallowtail caterpillars in your garden. This is a good plant to feed Black Swallowtail Butterfly caterpillars if you have deer and rabbits. They do not eat it.

Water Needs: Little to Moderate

Ideal Sun Conditions: Sun
Type: Perennial

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 24"

Garden Notes: 

DO NOT EAT. Sometimes listed as an herb for salads, but may have side effects on stomach- (may be where the term “rue the day” originated) Nice, nearly evergreen leaves.