Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Big Sky’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Described online by Hatch (2021). Established by Rowe (2025). |
| Origins | Introduced by East Coast Nurseries some time before 2001 (Hatch, 2021). |
| Classification | Like other hardy garden hybrids, it is now placed in the Andersoniana Group. These hybrids are sometimes mislabelled as Tradescantia virginiana or the invalid botanical hybrid Tradescantia × andersoniana. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Rare or lost in cultivation, it has not been found for sale. |
Description
Described by Hatch (2021).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 45cm high. |
| Flowers | Sky blue. |
| Comparisons | Flowers larger and darker than ‘J. C. Weguelin’. |
References
Brickell, C. D., Alexander, C., Cubey, J. J., David, J. C., Hoffman, M. H. A., Leslie, A. C., Malécot, V., Jin, X. (2016). International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. PDF link.
Hatch, L. C. (2021). Hatch’s Perennials 2021-2022 Edition: Taccarum to Typha.
Rowe, A. (2025). Compiling the first Tradescantia cultivar checklist. HortScience, 60(9); 1534-1542. Open access link.