How to tend a Tradescantia virginiana
Also known as: Ephemerum congestum Moench, Knowlesia spicata (Knowles & Westc.) Hassk., Leiandra divaricata (Raf.) Raf., Tradescantia albida Herb.Kunth ex C.B.Clarke, Tradescantia axillaris Raf., Tradescantia barbata Raf., Tradescantia brevicaulis Raf., Tradescantia caricifolia Hook., Tradescantia ciliata Hort.Berol. ex Kunth, Tradescantia congesta Penny ex W.H.Baxter, Tradescantia crinigera Nees, Tradescantia cristata Walter, Tradescantia divaricata Raf., Tradescantia elata G.Lodd., Tradescantia flexuosa Raf., Tradescantia glabra C.B.Clarke, Tradescantia levigata Raf., Tradescantia lyonii Steud., Tradescantia pilosissima Fraser ex Schult.f., Tradescantia pumila Raf., Tradescantia rupestris Raf., Tradescantia speciosa Salisb., Tradescantia spicata Knowles & Westc., Tradescantia splendens K.Koch & C.D.Bouché, Tradescantia trachyloma C.B.Clarke, Tradescantia villosissima Fras. ex C.B.Clarke, Tradescantia virginica L., Tradescantia axillaris var. flexuosa (Raf.) Raf., Tradescantia virginica f. albiflora Britton, Tradescantia virginica var. drummondii C.B.Clarke, Tradescantia virginica var. flexuosa (Raf.) S.Watson, Tradescantia virginica var. glabra Nutt., Tradescantia virginica var. villosa S.Watson, Tradescantia virginiana f. albiflora Britton, Tradescantia virginiana var. flexuosa (Raf.) S.Watson, Tradescantia virginiana f. virginiana
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Keep soil moist
Sunlight
Likes bright scattered light
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Foliar top-dressing weekly
Pruning
Remove old, diseased and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Tropical Americas
- Category
- Commelinaceae, Tradescantia
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height 15-20 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period June-October
- Flower colors
- purple, blue purple, purple red
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