Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Purewell Giant’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Lindner (1936, p. 8). |
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 widely available. |
Description
Described by Lindner (1936, p. 8).
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Growth habit | Fast-growing. |
Flowers | Light violet. |
References
Lindner, L. (1936). Stauden-Gärtnerei Eisenach [Eisenach perennial nursery]. Internet Archive link.