5 Cuttings Purple Heart Wandering Jew - Tradescantia Pallida Purpurea Plant - $11 - (Schriever, LA)
Common Name: Purple Heart, Wandering Jew Type: perennial Family: Spider Wart Native Range: Mexico Zone: 8 to 12 Height: 0.50 to 0.75 feet Spread: 1.00 to 2.00 feet Bloom Time: Seasonal bloomer Bloom Description: Lavender-purple Sun: Full sun to part shade Water: Medium Maintenance: Low Flower: Showy Leaf: Colorful Winter hardy to USDA Zones 8-12. It is easily grown as a houseplant. It is noted for its ease of culture and tolerance for wide range of growing conditions. Use a peaty, soil-based potting mix. Best in filtered sun. Will grow in direct sun with some afternoon protection. Also grows in shade. Plants like a consistently moist but well-drained soil during the growing season, with reduced watering from fall to late winter. Pinch stems as needed to encourage dense foliage growth. Plants are easily propagated by stem cuttings. Plants may be pruned hard in very early spring if needed. Plants can be taken outside in summer. "Tradescantia pallida 'Purple Heart' (Purple Spiderwort) - This popular trailing house plant is also a pretty durable groundcover or accent plant to about 18 inches tall in the garden. It has 2 to 5+ inch long, narrow pointed purple leaves arranged alternately along thick herbaceous segmented stems. The leaves are covered in soft pale hairs the their bases form a sheath around the stems. The three petaled purple-pink flowers with yellow stamens arise among the leaves near the tips of the branches primarily in summer but can often be seen at other times in frost free gardens. Plant in light shade or part sun in most any soil type and water regularly to occasionally - surprising drought tolerant for such a tropical looking plant. The leaf color varies with amount of sun and water with the best color in the brightest light. Hardy and evergreen in frost free gardens but will freeze back in colder locations - root hardy to 10°F or less - some claim it will grow as a perennial in USDA Zone 6, where mulching to protect the crown is advantageous. T…
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