As if we didn’t already have enough confusion with ‘Purple Something’ cultivars, there are two different Commelinaceae plants which are both known as ‘Purple Plush’. Here are three tips for figuring out which one you’re looking at.

Correctly identifying an unknown plant is a difficult task. Because of that, people often hope for easier ways to identify their plants. But there are no shortcuts to this process. The ID charts and AI apps people often turn to are unreliable and lead to misidentifications and misplaced confidence.

Find out how to distinguish between the three variegated cultivars of Tradescantia zebrina – ‘Quadricolor’, ‘Discolor Multicolor’, and ‘HappiLee’.

Find out how to distinguish between Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Variegata’ and ‘Yellow Hill’.