Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Little Doll’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. First listed for sale with no description by Royal Horticultural Society (1997, p. 657). Established with a description by Plant Delights (1999, p. 29, with reference to their spring catalog). |
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 | Mass-produced and available from many nurseries. |
Description
Described by Dorset Perennials (2022).
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Growth habit | Short and dense. |
Flowers | Pale blue. |
References
Royal Horticultural Society. (1997). RHS Plant Finder 1997.
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1999). Farmageddon “Revenge of the Perennials”: 1999 Fall Supplement to The Sales Catalog and Plant Owner’s Manual.
Dorset Perennials. (2022). Tradescantia ‘Little Doll’ (Andersoniana Group). Internet Archive link.