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Rue Overview
| DESCRIPTION | This shrubby aromatic herb has been used for medicinal and culinary purposes for centuries. It is rarely used nowadays in American cuisine because the leaves have a bitter flavor. Rue grows best in full sun but tolerates light shade. It must have good drainage to survive, however. Rue has fine-texture blue-green foliage and bears yellow flowers in summer. Rue self-seeds, so remove flower heads before they set seed to avoid more plants. This shrub can be clipped into a neat hedge, making it an ideal herb for knot gardens. |
| GENUS NAME | Ruta spp. |
| COMMON NAME | Rue |
| PLANT TYPE | Herb, Perennial |
| LIGHT | Part Sun, Sun |
| HEIGHT | 6 to 6 inches |
| WIDTH | 18 to 24 inches |
| FLOWER COLOR | Yellow |
| FOLIAGE COLOR | Blue/Green |
| SEASON FEATURES | Summer Bloom |
| SPECIAL FEATURES | Cut Flowers, Low Maintenance |
| ZONES | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| PROPAGATION | Seed, Stem Cuttings |
| PROBLEM SOLVERS | Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant |
More varieties for rue
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‘Jackman’s Blue’ rue
Ruta graveolens ‘Jackman’s Blue’ is noted for its especially blue foliage. Like common rue, it bears yellow flowers throughout the summer. It grows 2-3 feet tall and 18-24 inches wide. Zones 4-9
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Fringed rue
Ruta chalapensis gets its common name from its fringed yellow flowers, which appear in spring on plants with blue-green foliage that closely resembles that of common rue. Other common names for this variety include Egyptian rue, wall rue, and Aleppo rue. It is a favorite larva plant of swallowtail butterflies. It grows 2-3 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
