Mar
20
Zones: 4-9
Bloom Span: Three to four months
Growing Conditions: Prefers cool and moist soil combined with full
sun. Will also grow in partial shade.
Care: Tradescantia can be a bit of an aggressive plant, therefore you may need to control new plant growth by weeding out young plants as they form. Or, you can crowd them in with other plants. The leaves look a bit like grass containing flower heads with three petals. Each flower actually lasts for just one day, but the plant has so many buds that it blooms for a long period of time.
Good Species Choices: Carmine Glow (Tradescantia) and Snowcap (also Trandescantia).
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