Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Mariella’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. First listed with no description by Royal Horticultural Society (2002, p. 690). Established with a description by Hawke (2010). Sometimes misspelled ‘Marielle’ (Tellura, 2022). |
Origins | Unknown. |
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 from cultivation, it was last found for sale by Royal Horticultural Society (2017, p. 787). |
Description
Described by Hawke (2010).
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Growth habit | 50cm high. |
Flowers | Large and purple-blue. |
References
Royal Horticultural Society. (2002). RHS Plant Finder 2002.
Hawke, R. G. (2010). A Comparative Study of Tradescantia Cultivars. Plant Evaluation Notes, 34. Internet Archive link.
Royal Horticultural Society. (2017). RHS Plant Finder 2017.
Tellura. (2022). Tradescantia ‘Marielle’. Internet Archive link.