Tradescantia, Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Kartuz Giant'

I have always loved this plant,I work at a nursery and people a
re always wanting this plant. I used to have alot of it and it wil...Read Morel take over thankfully its not a vine, if any body wants to get rid of some I'll take it

I first encountered this plant after it had apparently dominated a quaint apartment complex for nearly thirty years. These plants were li...Read Moreterally in every flowerbed,and hugging around the underside of hedges and trees. It made for a lovely accent against the peach stones.

We had a bare spot out front where the previous tenants had removed some flowers, so I took a few cuttings from the nearby Purple Queens and within weeks I had several small plants dotting the bare spot. In less than three months they were deep purple and thriving very well. By six months they were intwined and slowly fighting for sunlight.

I took some more cuttings and found the plant did well indoors too. However, the low light didn't encourage the deep purple. Instead they were a pale green with only a purple hue around the leaves.

All in all, this is an impressive plant, but I would recommend paying close attention to the plant outside, they tend to have a Napolean complex.

Have had around a flowerbed for at least 7 yrs and it comes back every year. I don't feed or water it and in the awful drought we are hav...Read Moreing this year, it's still growing. Morning shade and hot afternoon sun.

Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purewell Giant' Tradescantia pallida
This is the upright deep purple purple heart - bea...Read Moreutiful mounding plant- will spread from a small plant to a big bush - I tried some of the other listed above it -
It did not compare - more of a weed stems laying on top of one another in a tangled mess and the color is more a muted burgundy - no wonder there are so many mixed reviews