Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Blue Spider’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the unique name for a valid cultivar. Listed for sale in Royal Horticultural Society (2017, p. 787). Established with a description by Rowe (2025). |
| 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 | Only known from Ashwood Nurseries (2022). |
Description
Described by Ashwood Nurseries (2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 45-50cm high. |
| Flowers | Mid-blue with slightly ruffled edges. |
References
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.
Royal Horticultural Society. (2017). RHS Plant Finder 2017.
Ashwood Nurseries. (2022). Tradescantia andersoniana ‘Blue Spider’ Spiderwort. Internet Archive link.
Rowe, A. (2025). Compiling the first Tradescantia cultivar checklist. HortScience, 60(9); 1534-1542. Open access link.