Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Sweet Green’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Described online by Esveld (2015). Established by Rowe (2025). |
| 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 | Available occasionally from nurseries in Europe. |
Description
Described by Esveld (2015).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 40cm high. |
| Foliage | Lime green. |
| Flowers | Blue. |
References
Esveld. (2015). Tradescantia andersoniana ‘Sweet Green’. Internet Archive link.
Brickell, C. D., Alexander, C., Cubey, J. J., David, J. C., Hoffman, M. H. A., Leslie, A. C., Malécot, V., Jin, X. (2016). International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. PDF link.
Rowe, A. (2025). Compiling the first Tradescantia cultivar checklist. HortScience, 60(9); 1534-1542. Open access link.