Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Blueberry’s Baby’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Listed online with a photo by Almost Eden (2022). No hardcopy publication has been found, so the name cannot will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | Open-pollinated seedling found at the Almost Eden gardens, assumed to be a seedling of Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Blueberry Sundae’. (Jeff McMillian of Almost Eden, personal correspondence, August 2022). |
| 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 | Only known from Almost Eden (2022). |
Description
Described by Jeff McMillian of Almost Eden (personal correspondence, August 2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 45-60cm high. |
| Foliage | Sturdy stems and a mound of dark blue-green foliage. |
| Flowers | 3-4cm wide, deep indigo blue with brightly contrasting yellow stamens. |
| Comparisons | Compared to Tradescantia ohiensis, ‘Blueberry’s Baby’ is bigger overall. |
References
Almost Eden. (2022). Blueberry’s Baby Spiderwort. Internet Archive link.
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.