Tradescantia

Family Commelinaceae. Native to tropical regions and North America. A very well-known and undemanding plant. It grows in both warm and cool rooms; in well-lit and shaded locations, but in poor light the leaves lose their bright coloration. Very easy to propagate by cuttings in spring, autumn or summer.

Used as trailing (hanging) plants. Tradescantia has one drawback - it quickly becomes leggy, i.e. after a year or two the plant loses its decorative appeal if conditions are not sufficiently good for it. Therefore, if this happens, it is better to renew the plant by discarding the old one and planting new ones taken from it — about 8-9 cuttings in a single pot.

Among the large-leaved tradescantias popular is Tradescantia Blossfeldiana - Tradescantia blossfeldiana - a perennial herbaceous semi-succulent plant with creeping and ascending greenish-red stems. Leaves are oblong or elliptical, with an acute or acuminate apex, 4-8 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, dark green above with a slight reddish tint, purple beneath.

Tradescantia zebrina or the striped Tradescantia - Tradescantia Zebrina, some literature sources do not include this species among the tradescantias. It has acute oval leaves up to 5 cm long on creeping or hanging stems. On the pale-green leaf there are silver stripes on the upper surface. Flowers are small, white or pink-red.

Tradescantia albiflora - Tradescantia albiflora Kunth - the most common, well-known species of Tradescantia. A herbaceous plant with creeping stems. Leaves are almost sessile, with short tubular sheaths, ovate or broadly lanceolate, acute, 5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide. Flowers are white, flowering is very rare. Several varieties are known: Alba - with light green leaves with irregular white and dark green longitudinal stripes; Aurea - with green stripes on yellow leaves; Laekenensis - with irregular white and pink stripes on light green leaves.

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