Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Angel Eyes’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Plant Delights (1998, p. 52). |
Origins | Seedling from Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Snowcap’, selected some time before 1996 by Kevin Vaughn (personal correspondence, February 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 | Available from many nurseries. |
Description
Described based on Plant Delights (1998, p. 52) and Kevin Vaughn (personal correspondence, February 2022), with reference to the RHS Colour Chart.
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Growth habit | 45cm high. |
Flowers | Petals are round and very white, stamen filaments are purple (94A). |
References
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1998). “It’s not easy being variegated!”: 1998 Sales Catalog and Plant Owner’s Manual.