This is a really hardy little plant with delicate purple flowers and velvety leaves. It only grows (at my place) to about one foot/30 cm high. It seems to flower many times throughout the year, providing it gets enough water. I'd love to know its name. ( photo / image / picture from Snap's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Snap's Garden )
Chocolate, you're right again, thanks! I Googled evolvulus and found evolvulus alsinoides...which lead me to naming the other (more common) one I have in the garden, evolvulus glomeratus 'blue daze'. Thanks again, it's a wonderful little plant and deserves more attention than I give it.
I believe this plant is Ruellia humilis, Wild Petunia. (may be cultivar 'Blue Shade', but could be another) http://www.magnoliagardensnursery.com/productdescrip/Ruellia_BlueShade.html
Rosemarie, I've just sat here flicking between pictures of Ruellia humilis and Evolvulus alsinoides, and the actual flower from my garden. I believe my plant is much more likely to be Ruellia humilis, judging by the flower
