
Spiderwort
- Botanical Name
- Tradescantia spp.
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 6 to 36 inches
- Width
- 6 to 24 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring to mid summer: violet-purple, white, pink, red, blue, violet blue
- Light
- Full sun to shade - depends on species
- Soil
- Dry to moist to boggy - depends on species
- Planting & Care
- Can self seed in ideal conditions
- Foliage declines by mid-summer and should be cut back
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Tradescantia virginiana - part to full shade, moist to boggy soils, 18 to 36 inches tall
- T. ohiensis - full sun to part shade, dry to moist soils, 2 to 3 feet tall
- Blue Stone - lavender blue flowers, yellow-green foliage, 16 inches tall
- Jeannene - purple flowers, 20 inches tall
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