Tradescantia Species, Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Purple Secretia, Wandering Jew

I love this plant! Very easy to propagate and care for, beautiful in the sunlight; the contrast between the purple established growth and...Read More the bright green new is just stunning. I'm looking forward to this one taking over my home. I plan to make or buy a waterfall-type planter and have this plant with a burro's tail cascading down it. It's a creeping vine and can spread very fast and survive a number of warmer climates year-round so be careful planting one of these outside.

Super easy! Super tough! Drought tolerant once established! Takes full sun, Texas heat and bounces back with a vengeance in spring after ...Read Moresingle digit temps in winter! As my best friend (an apathetic black thumb) says, "just throw it on the ground and walk away. It will grow."

I planted this plant as a bedding plant in zone 6 northern KY. I didn't cover it with mulch or anything and it survived the winter. I t...Read Morehink the rating of zone 8 needs to be reconsidered. I've also heard of other gardeners in KY with the same experience.

I really like this plant. Living here in the South we can sometimes get really cold weather and this plant seems not to mind it. It may...Read More die back from the cold, but come Spring it starts up again. Ours like the partial shade with only morning sun. We recently created a growing area on the east side of our house and placed alot of the oak leaves on the ground to help keep the ground moist for the plants we are putting in. The first purple queen we planted did very well (getting only morning sun and partial shade) so we added more of these plants and they too are thriving! The soil is mostly sand so if it doesn't rain we water the area at least once a day and the plants just keeps spreading wider and wider.
It adds some really nice color to the area. And you can't really hurt them. If the runners get too long you can just cut it back and don't worry.