Tradescantia Species, Moses-in-a-Basket, Boatlily, Oyster Plant, Christ in the Cradle
Tradescantiaspathacea
Synonym
Ephemerum
bicolor
Rhoeo
discolor
Rhoeo
spathacea
Tradescantia
discolor
Tradescantia
versicolor
I have just recently received a baby Tradescantia and I love it. The person who gifted it to me grew it from a cutting and it was Rooted ...Read More
I suppose if you ignore this plant for a few years it might get out of control, but it's not as quickly invasive as other types of plants...Read More
Many of the comments describe a very common sterile dwarf cultivar. The species typically grows 12-18" tall and has leaves 6-12" long. At...Read More
Found this site when searching to identity a house plant. Having grown it on from an offshoot it formed a beautiful and easy to care for ...Read More
We live in the Coachella Valley. This is a part of the hot arid Sonoran Desert. 3 years ago we planted Trandescantia spathacea or Moses-i...Read More
Auckland, New Zealand, zone 9b/10. Saw this plant groing in someone's yard and loved it. So planted a small one in the garden. It kind of...Read More
I received this plant from my dad, he split his own. I am growing it inside because it rains way to much for this delicate baby here in w...Read More
Beautiful plant. Became became apparent I was clearing brush. Beautiful plant. Came up in s/w FL - Arcadia, FL.
Soo c...Read More
I wondered why I hadn't seen this beautiful plant in Southern California gardens. Now I know. I bought three at a big box and planted t...Read More
While I love this plant for its clumping ability, and thus it will cover a large area with time, I am severely allergic to the plant and ...Read More
I bought this plant for the purple color and pretty pink blossoms but did know much about it. Planted it in a large pot by the walkway an...Read More
Extremely aggressive. Taking over my garden, although I had it pulled out about a year ago. It has reseeded itself and continues to gro...Read More
I haven't had this one long enough to make any judgments as to how my experience is. I can see for reading the other comments it could be...Read More
This is a tricky to maintain plant. Left in a pot in the winter here in the bay area is almost sure death for the Variegated Moses,hard,b...Read More
I think this is a lovely houseplant here in Nebraska. I received it as a college graduation gift from my great-Aunt. It was originally ...Read More
We live in Kailua-Kona, HI and the plant does very well here. Unfortunately we have dogs and they have developed a terrible rash that on...Read More
I have 2 dogs who liked to lay in this cause it stays cool.
They both develop terrible rashes on their paws and belly that is hard...Read More
I have been researching this plant. It grows in various locations on my property. I have allowed it to run free and it is spreading every...Read More
I have the varigated oyster plant. Love it! I grow it as a houseplant obviously since I am so far north. It loves to be outside in ful...Read More
For many years I thought that the oyster plant was a harmless plant that provided good ground cover along fences in Florida. Recently my...Read More
I have the dwarf variety of this oyster plant. It is not invasive and is a great border plant. It says where I put it and doesn't pop u...Read More
I grow this as a houseplant up here in Indiana. When I put it outside for the summer, it really gets full and bushy and full of its littl...Read More
I see this plant far too often to find it pretty... It pops up everywhere here if there is another oyster plant nearby. There are pups co...Read More
I received a small piece of this plant from a friend. I put it in soil mixed with orchid bark and it lives inside in a pot next to the ki...Read More
I am in southern California (zone 8) for about 6 months and it didn't do well outside. It gets up to 115 here in the summers and the air ...Read More
I have to say I like this very attractive and "well groomed looking" plant, but can tell in the few seasons I've grown this species there...Read More
Boatlily, Moses-in-the-Cradle or Moses-in-the-Basket or Oyster Plant (Tradescantia spathacea) is highly invasive in the U.S. in disturbed...Read More
I got this plant from my husband's great aunt(she's 86)and together we have supplied the family with pieces of it. It's a wonderful potte...Read More
I like this plant. I grow it in pots, because it must come in before frost here in zone 7..
I have hd it blister my arms with a ne...Read More
This is one tough plant! In St. Petersburg, Florida you can often find it growing at abandoned or boarded up businesses, like an old ser...Read More
Though this plant was formerly listed on the Exotic Pest Plant list in Florida, it is not found listed on either category of the 2003 lis...Read More
LOL ~ Good answer!!
Loosely translated, Sanchezia says that in Mexico, the plant is used to cure wounds or infections; the...Read More
Invade me!!!
I live near the coast of SW Florida. After planting quite a few Oyster Plants outside my home I discovered, via The Native Plant Socie...Read More
esta planta es muy apreciada en el sur de Mexico por sus virtudes como curativa. En México es conocida con el nombre de Maguey morado ...Read More
I divide my rhoeo by tranplanting the suckers...I have never heard of propogation by leaf cuttings but could be worth a try!
I recvd a small portion of this plant from a nearly dead mother plant which was left for several weeks in a home w/ no water. Very hardy ...Read More
Stems to 8in high. Leaf tufts frow to 6-12in. wide, with a dozen or so broad, sword-shaped, rather erect leaves that are dark green above...Read More