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‘Therese’

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Full nameTradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Therese’.
Name statusAccepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar.

Listed online by The Trial Gardens (2009). No hardcopy description has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1).
OriginsIntroduced by Intrinsic Perennial Gardens (Plant Lust, 2022).
ClassificationLike 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 protectionNone.
AvailabilityRare or lost from cultivation, it has not been found for sale.

Description

Described by Plant Lust (2022).

Cultivar groupTradescantia Andersoniana Group.
Growth habit60cm high.
FoliageGrey-green.
FlowersTrue pink.

References

The Trial Gardens. (2009). Tradescantia ‘Therese’. University of Georgia. 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.

Plant Lust. (2022). Tradescantia ‘Therese’. Archive Today link.