Details
| Full name | Tradescantia buckleyi × pallida ‘BreeZerker’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Registered in 2025, the name will be established once published in hardcopy (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | Seedling from seed parent Tradescantia pallida ‘Ocampo White’ and suspected pollen parent Tradescantia buckleyi, bred in 2024. Named after the originator’s roller derby name. Bred, named, registered, and introduced by Bree Harrison in Austin, Texas, USA. |
| Classification | The plant is a first-generation hybrid between Tradescantia buckleyi and Tradescantia pallida, the first documented hybrid of these species. This hybrid has no established name, so is written by naming both parents. Tradescantia buckleyi is sometimes classed as a botanical variety of Tradescantia brevifolia. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Newly introduced in the USA. |
Description
Described by Bree Harrison, with reference to the RHS Colour Chart.
| Species | Tradescantia buckleyi × pallida. |
| Growth habit | Grows upright then sprawls, similar habit to T. buckleyi. |
| Foliage | Very round oval leaves, 8-9cm long and 2-3cm wide, hairy. Vivid yellowish green (134A to 140A), occasionally slightly purple at the edges. |
| Flowers | Profuse flowers, 2cm across. The petals are light purple (76A) to very light purple (76B) on the outer edge, with white in the centre. |
| Comparisons | The overall growth habit is similar to its unnamed T. buckleyi parent, but ‘BreeZerker’ has different flowers and hairy leaves. |
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.