Purple Heart, Setcreasea
Tradescantia pallida
Perennials
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Tradescantia pallida Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Tradescantia pallida |
| Common Name: | purple heart setcreasea |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | tender perennial treated as an annual in many zones groundcover, beds & borders, container plantings, hanging baskets can be used indoors as a foliage plant |
| Characteristics | |
| Plant Form: | spreading, cascading |
| Height: | 1 foot |
| Spread: | 1 - 2 feet |
| Foliage: | alternate fleshy leaves that are lancelolate and form a sheath around the stem leaves are trough-shaped and a dark purple color |
| Flower: | small, pink or purple, three-petalled flowers |
| Bloom Period: | Summer |
| Environment | |
| Sun: | light shade |
| Water: | medium water requirement drought tolerant once established |
| Soil: | prefers well-drained soil pH adaptable |
| Heat Tolerance: | high heat tolerance low cold tolerance |
| USDA Zone: | zones 8 - 11 |
| Native Range: | Southwestern US Eastern Mexico |
| Care | |
| Maintenance: | propagation by division or stem cuttings; can propagate by direct sticking into the garden |
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