Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Blaue Jungs’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Registered by Stade (2003). |
| Origins | Origins documented by Stade (2003). Chance seedling from 1997. Selected, named, registered, and introduced by Helmut Stade. |
| 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 | Not widely available, last found for sale by Stauden Stade (2021, p. 95). |
Description
Described by Stade (2003).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | Upright, tufted and bushy. 40cm high. |
| Foliage | Small, linear-lanceolate leaves. Dull green. |
| Flowers | Bright blue, 4-5cm across. Profuse. |
References
Stade, H. (2003). [Cultivar registration]. International Hardy Plant Union Journal, p. 83.
Stauden Stade. (2021). Katalog 2021. Internet Archive link.