Tradescantia Hub
If you search online for information about variegated plants, you’ll find plenty of blog posts offering to explain how variegation works and describing two or three different types. I’ve read lots of those posts, both when I was first learning, and more recently when I’ve wanted to explain things to other people. But they’ve never […]
An FAQ about plant growth regulators (PGRs), covering how and why they are used, and what effects they have on plants.
Two Tradescantia zebrina naming mysteries, solved with one neat reclassification.
This question is surprisingly complex. Find out how many species and cultivars there are in the Tradescantia genus and the whole Commelinaceae family.
There are eighteen different named cultivars of Tradescantia zebrina. Distinguishing them can be tricky!
Learn the tricks for distinguishing sectoral and marginal variegation in Commelinaceae.
Growing tropical tradescantia seeds can be difficult and laborious. But if you’re lucky, you could end up making a brand new and beautiful plant.
Plant seller Horti recently added an AI “plant doctor” to their website. Within hours of testing, it was offering potentially fatal advice.
Thrips are a common problem for Commelianceae houseplants. Learn some tips for spotting the earliest signs, and how to choose a treatment to tackle them.
There are a a lot of Tradescantia cultivars which circulate with no valid name. A handful of those actually did have valid names once, and those names have been discarded over the years.