Re: setcresea

Just stick it in the ground.  It doesn't like real wet feet but 
otherwise is carefree.  And I'm serious that you just 
stick a cutting in the ground and the plant does the rest.  It will 
multiply  on its own and you can help it along by taking cuttings as 
it gets bigger and sticking those cuttings in the ground.   You can 
try overwintering it but be sure to have some cuttings inside. It's 
not reliably hardy north of zone 8. It makes a wonderful hanging 
basket all by itself as it trails.

This is "Purple Heart" and it's a *great* plant.  Since you have just 
a bit, I'd suggest a container planting.  This year I have some 
really nice containers containing "Purple Heart", Verbena 'Homestead 
Purple' and a chartreuse-y trailing Sedum.  I'm about to add some to 
a big container of variegated Yucca, Ipomea 'Blackie' and 'Black 
Prince' snapdragons since the snaps are kind of fading here (NW GA, 
zone 7a, very hot and muggy).  I wish I'd bought Ipomea 'Margarita' 
too -- it's terriffic with "Purple Heart" but the only local nursery 
that had it wanted a lot for it.  You can also plant it in the 
ground, of course, and it looks good in big masses or small clumps.  
Can you tell I love it? ;- }

"Purple Heart" made the cover of the latest "Horticulture", in a 
container planting.  It looks blue-purple in their photo but I've 
never seen it that way -- always a warm plum.  In an article, they 
mention that it has recently been reclassified as a Tradescantia, 
which makes sense.

Nancy Lowe wrote:

> Hi, y'all.  My daughter brought me a plant cutting the other day that 
> someone had given her.  After looking through my plant books, I have 
> concluded that it is setcreasea (purpura or pallida).  Anyone in the 
> group have any experience with this plant?  If so, what kind of cultural 
> requirements does it have and how is the most effective way to use it?  
> It looks like it could be quite dramatic in the right place...

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