Apr 8, 2025 · Purple heart (Tradescantia pallida), also known as purple spiderwort, is a trailing vine with purple stems, silvery-purple foliage, and small flower clusters in summer, ranging from violet to pink.

'Purple Queen' is well-known to southern gardeners where it is often grown as a low maintenance perennial groundcover in zones 8 and warmer. This plant is surprisingly drought tolerant for such a tropical looking variety, but it also thrives with regular watering so it is easy to pair with many other types of medium vigor annuals in both sun ...

Apr 21, 2023 · The purple heart, or Tradescantia pallida, is a trailing tropical plant from the spiderwort family, and native to Mexico. It gets its common name from the delicate heart-shaped blossoms. The other common name is purple queen due to the color that makes up the stems, leaves, and flowers.

Jul 26, 2023 · Tradescantia pallida ”Purpurea” also known as Purple Queen, Purple Heart, Setcresea Purpurea, Purple Spiderwort, or Wandering Jew “Purpurea” is a popular evergreen perennial. It belongs to the spiderwort family which includes 40 genera and 652 species and it is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions.

Apr 30, 2025 · The purple heart plant (Tradescantia pallida) is a beautiful, hardy perennial with long, trailing stems resembling vines. Here's how to grow it.

Tradescantia pallida. Just can't get enough purple in your landscape? Then purple queen is the groundcover for you.

Jul 18, 2023 · The vivid purple leaves and stems of tradescantia pallida will do it! This wandering jew species is called purple heart plant, purple queen, and more. Popular in frost-free regions, a purple heart ground cover can be extremely striking.

Apr 26, 2025 · Rheo Tradescantia, also known as Tradescantia pallida, is a stunning and easy-to-care-for plant.This perennial, commonly known as Purple Heart or Purple Queen, is prized for its striking purple foliage and its ability to thrive in a variety of conditions.Rheo Tradescantia is native to Mexico and other parts of Central America, and it can be grown both indoors as a …

The flowers appear in midsummer and are pink to pale purple with bright yellow stamens. Each flower lasts only one day. The purple heart is desired for its colorful and distinguishing purple foliage, stems and fast growth.

Small, tri-colored pink blooms come and go quickly throughout the summer, but you’ll want this superb mixer for its distinctive foliage form and color. Try Coleus, Strobilanthes (Persian Shield), Artemisia, or Ipomoea (Sweet Potato Vine) to start. Full sun gets the …