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Jun 10, 2015 1:51 PM CST
Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)
Raises cows Enjoys or suffers hot summers Region: Texas Plant Identifier
I like them too. Looks like you have two containers with Tradescantia pallida. I'm old and the common names I heard most of my life were 'Moses in the Cradle' and 'Big Red Jew'. The one I grow is a pass along plant, so any identity it might once have had as a specific cultivar has long since been lost. When yours blooms again, see if you can take some good photos of the blooms and of the foliage and put them in the database. It will be interesting to see if there is any discernible difference between 'Purple Queen' and 'Purple Heart' and the common plant that has been being passed around hereabouts for decades Green Grin! . I did take a photo of the pass along this a.m. It's growing in a container with a diameter about the size of a washtub, but not as deep. I think this can be something of a weed in areas with warm winters.
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