Common Rue (Ruta graveolens)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Shrub
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9a
Plant Height:	2 to 3 feet (61-91cm)
Plant Spread:	1 to 2 feet (30-61cm)
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color Semi-evergreen Malodorous Other: Host plant for Giant Swallowtail & Black Swallowtail Butterflies
Flowers:	Inconspicuous
Flower Color:	Yellow
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Summer
Uses:	Medicinal Herb
Wildlife Attractant:	Butterflies
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Days to germinate: 7-21 at 70-75° Depth to plant seed: 1/8 inch Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Tip
Containers:	Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous:	Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions:	Other: National Plant of Lithuania

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of Common Rue (Ruta graveolens).

Common names

Common Rue
Rue
Garden Rue
Herbygrass
Herb of Grace

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Location: Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-12
20 year old tough plant on the street side of my town house..

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Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-07-06
#Pollination

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2016-06-10

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Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2017-06-07
Flower with small pollinator.

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Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-14

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Location: Maryland
Date: 2014-06-20
Black Swallowtail caterpillar enjoys my Rue.

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Date: 2013-08-23
Seeds and Giant Swallowtail larvae protecting the seeds.

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-06-22

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Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-06-30

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Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-08-08

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Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA (my garden)
Date: 2015 July 22

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Location: KYLE
Date: 2019-04-02
host plant for swallowtail butterflies

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-07-16

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Location: Cherokee County Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2012-04-30

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Location: Dallas, TX Zone 8a
Date: 2017-11-03
Rue seeds purchased from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

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Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-01-20

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Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2018-06-12

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-06-12

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Location: Plano, TX
Germinated in 3 days

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Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2007-06-30
#Pollination

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Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2013-08-07

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Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2013-07-16
In Brenda's Butterfly House

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Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-07-28

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2012-05-29

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2021-07-07
Young variegated rue

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Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-11

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Location: Photo taken in my garden after a snow fall.
Date: 2013-01-04

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Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 1, 2014 9:37 PM concerning plant:

Rue (Ruta graveolens) is a very attractive herb with delicate blue-green leaves. It is a larval host plant for several swallowtail butterfly species, including the Black Swallowtail and Giant Swallowtail Butterflies. Rue also reportedly helps to repel Japanese beetles and flies. Although the use of rue for culinary purposes has declined in modern times, it remains an attractive choice as a companion plant and as a butterfly host plant.

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Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Sep 19, 2016 10:13 PM concerning plant:

National flower of Lithuania.

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