Three Tradescantia of OUR choice for £12.00
| (Commelinaceae). Spiderwort. Genus of about 65 species of creeping, trailing or tuft forming fibrous or tuberous-rooted herbaceous evergreen perennials, grown for their flowers or ornamental foliage. Found in woodland, scrub or disturbed ground in North, Central and South America. The leaves are alternate, usually fleshy, lance-shaped to ovate, often purple-flushed or variegated. Spreading, saucer-shaped flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals are produced in terminal or axillary cymes fused in pairs with paired, boat-shaped bracts hence the name 'Moses in the bullrushes'. Flowers open in morning, June to September. Cut back after flowering. Sun or part shade, moist,fertile soil best.
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