Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Double Trouble’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Plant Delights (1998, p. 52). |
| Origins | Seedling from Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Zwanenburg Blue’, selected and named some time before 1996 by Kevin Vaughn (personal correspondence, January 2022). |
| 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 | Rare or lost in cultivation, it was last listed for sale by Royal Horticultural Society (2000, p. 718). |
Description
Described based on Plant Delights (1998, p. 52) and Kevin Vaughn (personal correspondence, January 2022), with reference to the RHS Colour Chart.
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Flowers | Large, strong purplish blue (96C), sometimes with double petals. |
References
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1998). “It’s not easy being variegated!”: 1998 Sales Catalog and Plant Owner’s Manual.
Royal Horticultural Society. (2000). RHS Plant Finder 2000.