Botanical Name: Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’ (Setcreasea pallida ‘Purple Heart’)
Common Name: Purple heart
Type of Plant: monocot: perennial
Character

Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape creeping, tumbling plant with trailing stems that root readily at their nodes; pink flowers form at the nodes are attractive but not showy
Height to 1 ft.
Spread to 2 ft.
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure in/outdoors: full sun to partial shade; bright light indoors
Soil prefers a well amended soil, takes most any soil conditions
Hardiness some frost (Zones 12-24) or anywhere indoors
 
Morphology:
Leaves fleshy lanceolate leaves to 4" long, dark purple, especially on undersides; stems fleshy to 1/4" thick have nodes with pre-formed roots
Flowers 3-petaled flowers to 1" across, in pink or purple; appear on short stems and are short-lived; dead-head after blooming
Fruit small capsule
 
Propagation:
easily propagated from cuttings
 
Usage:
can be used as a trailing houseplant or as a groundcover in warm areas; can be mixed with tropical or even desert-theme landscapes as a groundcover
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes moderate watering during active growth; will look scraggly in winter but will recover quickly when weather warms
Fertilizing balanced, slow-release each spring
Pruningprune to control spread and encourage bushiness; can be sheared
Pests/Diseases snails and caterpillars
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Mexico
Family: Commelinaceae
 
Notes:
 
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