Purple Heart Plant (Tradescantia pallida) Starter Plant – Purple Foliage, Trailing Groundcover
$37.50
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Purple Heart Plant (Tradescantia pallida) Starter Plant – Purple Foliage, Trailing Groundcover
$37.50
About This Plant
Purple Heart Plant (Tradescantia pallida) is a perennial with vibrant purple foliage. It grows as a vigorous trailing or spreading plant, suitable for indoor houseplant use or outdoor groundcover in frost-free regions. It thrives in bright light and well-drained soil, delivering dramatic foliage for pots, borders, hanging baskets, and landscape use.
What You Will Receive
Live Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida) starter plant. This item is a live starter plant, intended to establish quickly in bright light with well-drained soil.
- Common Name: Purple Heart / Wandering Jewel
- Scientific Name: Tradescantia pallida
- Family: Commelinaceae
- Plant Type: Perennial (houseplant in all zones)
- USDA Zone: 9–12 outdoors; houseplant elsewhere
- Color: Purple foliage
- Soil Type: Well-drained potting mix
- Sunlight: Bright indirect light to full sun
- Watering: Moderate; allow soil to dry slightly between watering
- Growth Habit: Trailing, spreading
- Bloom Season: Summer (small pink flowers)
Live Plant Notice
Live plants naturally vary in size, shape, foliage, and appearance. Depending on the season and shipping conditions, plants may arrive dormant, leafless, pruned, bare root, or show minor shipping stress such as wilting or leaf loss.
Listing photos may show a mature plant for reference. The plant you receive may be younger or smaller depending on the size and condition stated in this listing.
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