Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Bilberry Ice’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. First listed for sale in Royal Horticultural Society (1991, p. 523). No hardcopy description has been found, so the name is accepted and will be formally established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| 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 | Mass-produced and available from many nurseries. |
Description
Described by Carroll Gardens (2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Foliage | Very narrow leaves. |
| Flowers | White, flushed with lilac. |
References
Royal Horticultural Society. (1991). RHS Plant Finder 1991.
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.
Carroll Gardens. (2022). Tradescantia (Spiderwort) – andersoniana Bilberry Ice. Internet Archive link.