Tradescantia fluminensis 'Albovittata' syn. Tradescantia albiflora 'Albovittata'

Original:Tradescantia fluminensis 'Albovittata' is a cultivar of Tradescantia fluminensis. It is commonly called Giant White Inch Plant. Tradescantia fluminensis is native from the regions of Brazil to northern Argentina, and is an evergreen trailing plant that roots at the nodes as it grows along the ground, forming an attractive groundcover or hanging plant. It is a fast grower and can be easily grown indoors in pots or baskets. Giant White Inch Plant has ovular, fleshy, pointed green and white variegated leaves that measure up to 2.5 inches long. Its foliage usually grows to 6 inches in length, but can spread up to two feet wide or more if allowed to do so. In hanging display, the stems of the Giant White Inch Plant will sprawl downward. Small, three-petaled, white blooms can appear throughout the year, but flowers infrequently appear on plants permanently kept indoors. The leaf nodes along its stems are purportedly one inch apart, hence the common name "Inch Plant". This plant is also commonly called Wandering Jew. New:Tradescantia are climbing or trailing plants which will thrive indoors in good light. They are also known by other names: spider-lily, cradle-lily, oyster-plant and flowering inch plant. The stems trail to about 60cm or more. ‘Albovittata’ has green leaves striped with white above but tinted purple on the underside.

• 

  Full sun to partial shade

• 

  Very little water

• 

  Not Frost hardy

• 

  Moist and fertile