Tradescantia x andersoniana 'Red Grape' - SPIDERWORT 'RED GRAPE'
'Red Grape' blooms with vivid 1" red-purple flowers.
Grassy leaves emerge gray-green.
Easy to grow.
Blooming Time: June/July, often reblooms later on, especially if cut back
Size: 15'' high x up to 12’’ wide
USDA Zones: 4/5 to 10
Culture: full sun to half-shade (up to light shade); very adaptable to soil type – sandy, clay soils (neutral, alkaline, acid), but the most happy in slightly moist loam (or average soil amended with some compost)
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, average, medium-moist
Origin: Hybrid that phylogenetically is situated within the series of Virginiae (virginiana group) = T. ohiensis × (T. subaspera × T. virginiana)
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: no/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: bees and butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Plant Combinations: Versatile use perennial : Tradescantia touches both habitats – sunny up to half shade (to light shade) – there can be thousands of great perennial combinations for both. In a sunny border, plant it with perennials like Aquilegia, Geranium, Hemerocallis (daylily), Iris x germanica, Knautia macedonica, Monarda, Paeonia, 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, Geranium, Iris, early-flowering woodland Phloxes like Phlox divaricata, or non-native perennials like Brunnera, Bergenia, Hosta. Pairs well with grasses and ferns, too.
Picture Copyright:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons
Tradescantia x andersoniana 'Red Grape' - SPIDERWORT 'RED GRAPE'
'Red Grape' blooms with vivid 1" red-purple flowers.
Grassy leaves emerge gray-green.
Easy to grow.
Blooming Time: June/July, often reblooms later on, especially if cut back
Size: 15'' high x up to 12’’ wide
USDA Zones: 4/5 to 10
Culture: full sun to half-shade (up to light shade); very adaptable to soil type – sandy, clay soils (neutral, alkaline, acid), but the most happy in slightly moist loam (or average soil amended with some compost)
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, average, medium-moist
Origin: Hybrid that phylogenetically is situated within the series of Virginiae (virginiana group) = T. ohiensis × (T. subaspera × T. virginiana)
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: no/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: bees and butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Plant Combinations: Versatile use perennial : Tradescantia touches both habitats – sunny up to half shade (to light shade) – there can be thousands of great perennial combinations for both. In a sunny border, plant it with perennials like Aquilegia, Geranium, Hemerocallis (daylily), Iris x germanica, Knautia macedonica, Monarda, Paeonia, 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, Geranium, Iris, early-flowering woodland Phloxes like Phlox divaricata, or non-native perennials like Brunnera, Bergenia, Hosta. Pairs well with grasses and ferns, too.
Picture Copyright:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons