Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Lila Findling’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Registered by Stade & Findling (2003). Also known as:
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Origins | Origins documented by Stade & Findling (2003). Found as a chance seedling in 1994, selected, named, and introduced by Helmut Stade and Petra Findling. |
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 a small number of nurseries in Europe. |
Description
Described by Stade & Findling (2003).
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Growth habit | Upright and bushy. 50cm high. |
Flowers | Violet. 4-5cm wide. Very profuse. |
References
Stade, H. & Findling, P. (2003). International Hardy Plant Union Journal.