TRADESCANTIA~CONCORD GRAPE~SPIDERWORT PLANT HARDY PERENNIAL SHOWY PURPLE FLOWERS
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1 ROOT * 3 ROOTS * 5 ROOTS OR 10 ROOTS
Healthy, 1 to 2 eye, bare root plants! We wet wrap our roots to ensure that they always arrive healthy and ready to plant in your garden or container!
Culture
Easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist, acidic, humusy soils. Tolerant of wet, boggy soils. Deadhead each flower cluster after all buds in the cluster have opened to extend the bloom period. As the heat of the summer sets in, foliage tends to decline considerably and flowering slows down or stops entirely, at which point plants should be cut back hard. Cutting back plants almost to the ground will promote both new foliage growth and an additional late summer to fall bloom. Divide clumps when they become overcrowded.
Noteworthy Characteristics
Tradescantia, commonly called
spiderworts, is a genus of about 65 species of herbaceous perennials
from North, Central and South America. They are grown for their showy,
three-petaled flowers and attractive foliage. The Andersoniana Group of
hybrid spiderworts are some of the most common perennial spiderworts
seen in cultivation. They are hybrids of various species including T. virginiana, T. subaspera and T. ohiensis. Cultivars in this group are sometimes given the hybrid name designation Tradescantia × andersoniana.
Genus
name honors John Tradescant (1570-1638) and his son John Tradescant
(1608-1662), botanists and successive gardeners to Charles I of England.
When
the stems of spiderworts are cut, a viscous stem secretion is released
which becomes thread-like and silky upon hardening (like a spider’s
web), hence the common name.
'Concord Grape' is a compact,
clump-forming cultivar which typically grows to 12" tall. Purplish-blue
(concord grape), three-petaled flowers (to 1.5" diameter) accented by
contrasting yellow stamens are borne in terminal clusters (umbels) atop
stiff stems. Numerous flower buds form in each cluster, but individual
flowers open up only a few at a time, each for only one day, blooming in
succession from May into August. Arching, iris-like, smoky,
bluish-green leaves are folded lengthwise forming a groove.
Problems
No serious insect or disease problems. Young
shoots are susceptible to damage from snails and caterpillars.
Spiderwort foliage often sprawls in an unattractive manner by
mid-summer.
General foliage decline is reportedly less severe with this cultivar, however.
Uses
Borders, open woodland gardens, wild gardens, naturalized areas, rain gardens, or moist areas along streams or ponds.
Compact spiderwort with a long bloom.
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