TRADESCANTIA 



(Named for John Tradescant, gardener to Charles I, d. about 1638) 

 Commelindcea 



103. Tradescantia virginiana {T. virginica) 



English Names: Common spiderwort, Spider lily, Trinity violet, Flower-of-a- 



day. 



EASTERN U. S. A. MID-MAY TO MID-JUNE, MID-AUGUST TO MID-SEPTEMBER 



VIOLET-BLUE flowers of various shades, one to two inches across, 

 freely borne in terminal clusters on vigorous erect branching stems 

 forming a bushy plant one to three feet high. Leaves grasslike, six to 

 fifteen inches long; per- 

 sistent. Excellent for the 

 herbaceous border or rock 

 garden on account of its 

 freeness of bloom and long 

 season. 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial of easiest cul- 

 ture in ordinary garden 

 soil, in sun or partial 

 shade. 



Propagate by cuttings 

 or by division in spring. 



Var. dlha. Has white 

 flowers. Excellent. 



Var. ccBrulea. Has 

 brighter blue flowers than 

 the type. Excellent. 



