‘Heavenly Blue’

Details

(Understanding this section)

Full name	Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Heavenly Blue’.
Name status	Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Vaughan’s Gardening Illustrated (1933, p. 82).
Origins	Hybrid introduced around 1933 (Vaughan’s Gardening Illustrated, 1933, p. 82).
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	Probably lost from cultivation, it has not been documented since its first publication (Vaughan’s Gardening Illustrated, 1933, p. 82).

Description

Described by Vaughan’s Gardening Illustrated (1933, p. 82).

Cultivar group	Tradescantia Andersoniana Group.
Flowers	Large and sky-blue.

References

Vaughan’s Gardening Illustrated. (1933). Internet Archive link.