Tradescantia, Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Pink Stripe'

Very beautiful plant. Mine has had new stems come up that reverted back to the original solid purple green, so probably best to remove th...Read Moreese reversions, as in most variegated plants, the reversions are more vigorous due to higher amounts of chlorophyll, and will eventually replace the variegated sections.

I can see why this plant could be called a weed, but as a houseplant, it is quite attractive and grows very quickly. It seems to prefer b...Read Moreright light, as too little will cause the leaves to turn plain green. Watering is quite flexible, though I advise using a bit of common sense.

My mother grew these as a house plant when I was young. Here at the tip 'o Texas they are called weeds, controlled by mowing or digging ...Read Moreup ALL the tubers and roots.