Commemorating John Tradescant (died 1637), gardener to Charles I (Commelinaceae). A genus of 60 species of hardy perennial and greenhouse crops from North America and tropical South America. The hardy varieties are generally referred to as spiderwort, flower of a day,
Moses-in-the-bulrushes, or devil-in-the pulpit. Based on some botanists the
backyard crops grown underneath the title Tradescantia virginiana belonging to a hybrid group often known as Tradescantia x andersoniana.
Species Grown Right this moment
- Tradescantia albiflora, wandering Jew, trailing, fast-growing greenhouse or home plant with shiny • stems, swollen on the nodes, leaves slim, pointed, South America; a number of variegated types are identified with cream and yellow-striped leaves, inexperienced and white, or with faint purple markings.
- Tradescantia blossfeldiana„ creeping or trailing greenhouse or home plant, darkish inexperienced leathery leaves, purple and whitely-hairy beneath, Argentine.
- Tradescantia fluminensis, wandering Jew, trailing greenhouse or home plant, typically confused with T. albiflora, leaves slender-pointed, inexperienced, purplish-red beneath; a number of variegated types, South America. Tradescantia virginiana (or Tradescantia x andersoniana) spiderwort, and so on., hardy perennial, 14-2 toes, flowers violet-blue from June to September, jap United States; vars. alba, a white type; coerulea, vibrant blue; ‘Iris Prichard‘, white, shaded violet on the centre; ‘J. C. Weguelin’, massive azure-blue; ‘Osprey’, massive, white,’ with feathery blue stamens; rosea, pink, rubra, darkish ruby-red.
The place to plant and easy methods to propagate
The tender species and varieties require a minimal winter temperature of 55°F (13°C), and needs to be potted in March or April, in odd potting soil. Keep away from a wealthy compost which can trigger the leaves to show inexperienced and lose their variegations. Hardy varieties may be grown in odd backyard soil in solar or partial shade. Carry and divide in autumn or spring each three or 4 years. Propagation of tender species is by cuttings taken from April to August and insert-d in pots of sandy soil in a heat propagating body; they are going to root in 4 to 6 weeks. Hardy varieties could also be elevated by division within the spring.
The right way to Develop Tradescantia
