About This Product
Botanical Name: Tradescantia pallida, Setcreasea pallida
Common Name: Purple Spiderwort, Purple Heart
A tender evergreen perennial with a low-growing, trailing groundcover habit. Deep purple stems and lance-shaped purple leaves provide strong foliage color, especially in brighter exposure. Small pink to pale purple flowers with yellow stamens appear during warm months. Fast growth makes it useful for seasonal color, containers, edging, frost-protected massing, and interiorscapes.
USDA Zone: Zones 9 - 11
Sunset Zone: Zones 12 - 24; H1, H2
Mature Height: 8 - 18 inches
Mature Width: 8 - 18 inches
Light Needs: Full Sun, Filtered Sun, Partial Sun, Partial Shade
Water Needs: Low
