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Tradescantia virginiana 'Amethyst Kiss' (syn. 'Radtrad') - SPIDERWORT 'AMETHYST KISS' (all season flowering)
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TRA-AME-KIS
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"One of the longest blooming Tradescantia we’ve seen! This selection produces large clusters of sizeable, periwinkle blue flowers accented with yellow tipped stamens from early summer to fall, still blooming long after others are spent for the season." Walters Gardens
Blooming Time: from early summer to late summer (May - August, in cooler areas into the fall)
Size: 12-18'' high and wide
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Culture: full sun to half-shade. Light shade is tolerated (will bloom less there). Easy and adaptable, most happy in average to moderatelly fertile, loamy soil with medium moisture, but is very adaptable to soil type – sandy, clay soils (neutral, alkaline, acid)
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, average, medium-moist
Origin: discovered as random seedling of Tradescantia virginiana 'Little Doll' by William J. Radler in 2007 as a seedling growing in his home garden at Greenfield, Wisconsin. One parent is ‘Little Doll’, the second parent is unknown (open-pollinated). Patented under 'Radtrad' PP24733, with commercial trademark name Amethysts Kiss or cultivar name 'Amethyst Kiss'
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: no/no
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: bees and butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: round quart pots (4.25" in diameter x 5" tall)
Plant Combinations: Sunny beds, woodland edges, transition garden zone (difficult to ID the light conditions), private gardens, public spaces (where deer pressure isn't overwhelming), rain gardens, pollinator gardens. Tradescantia touches both habitats – sunny up to half shade – there can be thousands of great perennial combinations for both. In a sunny border, plant it with perennials like Aquilegia, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Echinacea, hardy Geranium, Hemerocallis (daylily), Iris (I. sibirica, x germanica, x lousiana,etc), Monarda, Paeonia, Rudbeckia, some species of Nepeta (N. subsessilis, N. kubanica, even N. x faasenii), Salvia nemorosa, or Sedum telephium. In half- shade spots it goes well with Amsonia, Heuchera, early-flowering woodland Phloxes like Phlox divaricata, or non-native perennials like Brunnera, Bergenia, Hosta. Pairs well with grasses and ferns, too.
Picture Copyright: Walters Gardens
Tradescantia virginiana 'Amethyst Kiss' (syn. 'Radtrad') - SPIDERWORT 'AMETHYST KISS' (all season flowering)
$12.99
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"One of the longest blooming Tradescantia we’ve seen! This selection produces large clusters of sizeable, periwinkle blue flowers accented with yellow tipped stamens from early summer to fall, still blooming long after others are spent for the season." Walters Gardens
Blooming Time: from early summer to late summer (May - August, in cooler areas into the fall)
Size: 12-18'' high and wide
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Culture: full sun to half-shade. Light shade is tolerated (will bloom less there). Easy and adaptable, most happy in average to moderatelly fertile, loamy soil with medium moisture, but is very adaptable to soil type – sandy, clay soils (neutral, alkaline, acid)
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, average, medium-moist
Origin: discovered as random seedling of Tradescantia virginiana 'Little Doll' by William J. Radler in 2007 as a seedling growing in his home garden at Greenfield, Wisconsin. One parent is ‘Little Doll’, the second parent is unknown (open-pollinated). Patented under 'Radtrad' PP24733, with commercial trademark name Amethysts Kiss or cultivar name 'Amethyst Kiss'
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: no/no
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: bees and butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: round quart pots (4.25" in diameter x 5" tall)
Plant Combinations: Sunny beds, woodland edges, transition garden zone (difficult to ID the light conditions), private gardens, public spaces (where deer pressure isn't overwhelming), rain gardens, pollinator gardens. Tradescantia touches both habitats – sunny up to half shade – there can be thousands of great perennial combinations for both. In a sunny border, plant it with perennials like Aquilegia, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Echinacea, hardy Geranium, Hemerocallis (daylily), Iris (I. sibirica, x germanica, x lousiana,etc), Monarda, Paeonia, Rudbeckia, some species of Nepeta (N. subsessilis, N. kubanica, even N. x faasenii), Salvia nemorosa, or Sedum telephium. In half- shade spots it goes well with Amsonia, Heuchera, early-flowering woodland Phloxes like Phlox divaricata, or non-native perennials like Brunnera, Bergenia, Hosta. Pairs well with grasses and ferns, too.
Picture Copyright: Walters Gardens
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