Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Melissa’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Listed for sale by Royal Horticultural Society (2012, p. 751). Established by Rowe (2025). |
| 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 | Available from a small number of nurseries in Europe. |
Description
Described by Atelier du Vegetal (2020).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 45cm high. |
| Flowers | Rose-pink. |
References
Royal Horticultural Society. (2012). RHS Plant Finder 2012.
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.
Atelier du Vegetal. (2020). Tradescantia ‘Melissa’. Internet Archive link.
Rowe, A. (2025). Compiling the first Tradescantia cultivar checklist. HortScience, 60(9); 1534-1542. Open access link.