Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘In The Navy’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Published with no description by Royal Horticultural Society (2001, p. 714). Established 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 | Available from some nurseries in the UK. |
Description
Described by Larch Cottage Nurseries (2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 45cm high. |
| Flowers | Sky blue. |
References
Royal Horticultural Society. (2001). RHS Plant Finder 2001.
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.
Larch Cottage Nurseries. (2022). Tradescantia and. ‘In The Navy’. Internet Archive link.
Rowe, A. (2025). Compiling the first Tradescantia cultivar checklist. HortScience, 60(9); 1534-1542. Open access link.