Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Purple Profusion’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established by Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1997, p. 22) with reference to their spring catalog. |
| Origins | Seedling from Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Wesley Williams’ (Plant Delights Nursery, Inc., 1998, p. 52). |
| 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 listed for sale by Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1999, p. 29). |
Description
Described by Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1998, p. 52), with reference to the RHS Colour Chart.
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | Compact habit. 30cm high. |
| Foliage | Narrow leaves. |
| Flowers | Dark violet blue (89B). |
| Comparisons | Compared to Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Wesley Williams’, it has more compact growth and a longer blooming season. |
References
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1997). Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy Annuals: 1997 Fall Supplement.
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1998). “It’s not easy being variegated!”: 1998 Sales Catalog and Plant Owner’s Manual.
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (1999). Farmageddon “Revenge of the Perennials”: 1999 Fall Supplement to The Sales Catalog and Plant Owner’s Manual.