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Tradescantia pallida |
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| | Any bit that's tucked into the soil seems to root and live |
| Common name |
wandering jew; purple heart |
| Family |
commelinaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z8-11) |
| Flowers |
pink |
| Size |
4" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Purple-leaved spreading groundcover. We picked up a couple of small plants for the planters that flank our front door, but bits of it escaped (a move I didn't discourage) into the garden proper. With regular water and some fertilizer, it grows impressively fast! Eventually it succumbed to the elements though, and several years later I picked up a different variety, with long dark purple leaves (and pink flowers), from a local plant swap.
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| | Larger purple leaves on this variety |
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| | Small pink flowers in May |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: foundation border About my plant portraits
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June 01, 2022
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