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‘Blanca’

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Full nameTradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Blanca’.
Name statusAccepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar.

Listed for sale by Royal Horticultural Society (2001, p. 714). No hardcopy description has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1).

Not to be confused with:
OriginsUnknown.
ClassificationLike 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 protectionNone.
AvailabilityAvailable from a small number of nurseries.

Description

Described by Barretts Bridge Nurseries (2021).

Cultivar groupTradescantia Andersoniana Group.
Growth habit70cm high.
FlowersWhite.

References

Royal Horticultural Society. (2001). RHS Plant Finder 2001.

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.

Barretts Bridge Nurseries. (2021). TRADESACANTIA Blanca. Internet Archive link.