Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Lilac Frost’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established by Plant Delights (1998, p. 52). |
| Origins | Seedling 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 | Probably lost from cultivation, it was last documented by Plant Delights (1998, p. 52). |
Description
Described by Kevin Vaughn (personal correspondence, January 2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Flowers | Pale lavender, brushed slightly darker, with medium lavender stamen hairs. |
References
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1998). “It’s not easy being variegated!”: 1998 Sales Catalog and Plant Owner’s Manual.