Re: Tradescantia Blushing Bride/Maid anyone?

Thanks for the recommendations from broad experience, Paul. Appreciate that.
I also see where I was not paying close attentions and Marge T. said that T.
with the gold foliage kept its color all season.
    I do not have problems with fungus on my plants, but do have the species
found locally popping us through the garden after all these years after
having a plant in my garden.... still... I rogue them out when they pop up.
On the local species you cut back after bloom so they do not flop, and give
another round of bloom.
    Thanks
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

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Subject: Re: Tradescantia Blushing Bride/Maid anyone?


> Yes, it does.   But like most Tradescantia plants - it stops growing after
> they are done blooming - if they are cut off  just above the ground, you
can
> have a new flush of fresh foliage.
> Its a very nice plant, use in light shade to full sun.  The meedium dark
blue
> flowers contrast nicly with the yellow-gold foliage.
> I like Spiderwworts -so am biased, weedy would never be a word I would use
> for them.  They do spread and can often self seed, the only weedy one I
have
> ever grown is Tradescantia 'Red Cloud' a useless weed that did not flower
much
> and spread out underground to cover a few feet of area. Why any one named
it
> "Red Cloud" is beyond me-they must have been more color blind than I am.
> I have loved all the different Spiders I have grown except the above one
and
> 'Hawaiian Punch' -- which tended to flop over on me and was always
attached by
> some type of fungus.
> Paul
>
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