Andersono tradeskantė – Tradescantia x andersoniana

Andersono tradeskantė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAndersono tradeskantė
Latin plant nameTradescantia x andersoniana W.Ludw. et Rohw.
English plant nameAnderson's Spiderwort
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Cemetery
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Combination with woody plants
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 40 to 50
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
  • tall - 61-80 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • violet
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division, root offsets. The flower is propagated by scrub division and root offsets in Spring before vegetation or in Autumn (between August and September). Seeds are big. They do not mature at the same time. Self-sowing flower.