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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Plant Height: 24 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Pink
Purple
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Giant Spiderwort

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Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Nature Center Drive, Austin, TX, USA
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Bowie, Texas
Date: 2024-04-25
April blooms
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Second clump growing wild in my previous yard, Temple, TX
Date: 2010
Loved how early in Spring these bloomed.
Location: My previous yard, Temple, Texas
Date: 2010
Hardy clumps that spread by underground rhizomes.
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: March 3, 2012
Giant Spiderwort
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