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Tradescantia Pallida

Estro Felino

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
A purple plant...that can decorate any garden spot beautifully.
It is a plant from Mexico so it needs that particular humid subtropical climate to grow spontaneously...
As apartment plant, it is very delicate and needs light to survive. At the same time summer heat can weaken it.
It needs peat as soil and does not particularly need water in Winter. As long as the soil and the vase are wet.

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Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Estro Felino said:
A purple plant...that can decorate any garden spot beautifully.
It is a plant from Mexico so it needs that particular humid subtropical climate to grow spontaneously...
As apartment plant, it is very delicate and needs light to survive. At the same time summer heat can weaken it.
It needs peat as soil and does not particularly need water in Winter. As long as the soil and the vase are wet.

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Sounds unsuited for Revoltistan.
-20C winters (sometimes lower) are tough on tropicals.
But I can do wonders with hostas.
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Btw, that handsome devil isn't me.
 
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exchemist

exchemist

Veteran Member
Estro Felino said:
A purple plant...that can decorate any garden spot beautifully.
It is a plant from Mexico so it needs that particular humid subtropical climate to grow spontaneously...
As apartment plant, it is very delicate and needs light to survive. At the same time summer heat can weaken it.
It needs peat as soil and does not particularly need water in Winter. As long as the soil and the vase are wet.

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I know tradescantia, generally, as spiderwort, but I had not seen one with leaves that colour before. From your description, this variety does not seem to be one I could grow in London.
 
Estro Felino

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
exchemist said:
I know tradescantia, generally, as spiderwort, but I had not seen one with leaves that colour before. From your description, this variety does not seem to be one I could grow in London.
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I guess you could, actually. In a vase, indoor...it can survive cold.:)
 
MNoBody

MNoBody

Well-Known Member
everybody needs a living wall of air cleaning plants in their "living" room.....always wondered as a lad why the living room looked like some place for the dead....all that kitschy style stiff and dry, formal, in the living room, ...like, where is the life? some folks had plants growing everywhere in their "sitting" room/porch, which were always more ...lively one could say...
curious quirks of life and language hmm...?
 
Estro Felino

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
My tradescantia in a vase. It can survive indoor...but it really needs light every now and then.

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