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 known as spiderwort, flower of a day,
Moses-in-the-bulrushes, or devil-in-the pulpit. In line with some botanists the
backyard crops grown underneath the identify Tradescantia virginiana belonging to a hybrid group often called Tradescantia x andersoniana.
Species Grown As we speak
- Tradescantia albiflora, wandering Jew, trailing, fast-growing greenhouse or home plant with shiny • stems, swollen on the nodes, leaves slender, pointed, South America; a number of variegated types are identified with cream and yellow-striped leaves, inexperienced and white, or with faint crimson 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, usually 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 forth., hardy perennial, 14-2 ft, flowers violet-blue from June to September, japanese United States; vars. alba, a white kind; coerulea, vibrant blue; ‘Iris Prichard‘, white, shaded violet on the centre; ‘J. C. Weguelin’, giant azure-blue; ‘Osprey’, giant, white,’ with feathery blue stamens; rosea, pink, rubra, darkish ruby-red.
The place to plant and the right way to propagate
The tender species and varieties require a minimal winter temperature of 55°F (13°C), and ought 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 could be grown in odd backyard soil in solar or partial shade. Raise 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’ll root in 4 to 6 weeks. Hardy varieties could also be elevated by division within the spring.
Easy methods to Develop Tradescantia
