Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Blueberry Sundae’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Listed online by Dave’s Garden (2007). No hardcopy publication has been found, so the name is accepted and will be 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 | Available from some nurseries in the USA. |
Description
Described by Smith’s Gardens, Inc. (2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 60-75cm high. |
| Flowers | Large, with icy blue petals and a darker lavender-blue centre. |
References
Dave’s Garden. (2007). Spiderwort Tradescantia x andersoniana ‘Blueberry Sundae’. Internet Archive link.
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.
Smith’s Gardens, Inc. (2022). Spiderwort. Internet Archive link.