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Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Purple Dome'
Image: Cunniffe-Thomas, Ayshea - NBGW
Common name:
Spider Lily
Family:
Commelinaceae (Spiderwort)
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H6) Hardy-very cold winter. -20 to -15°C (USDA 6b/7a)
Life form:
Herbaceous perennial • Perlysiau lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Tradescantia (trad-es-KAN-tee-uh): Honours the English naturalists and explorers John Tradescant the Elder (1567–1638) and John Tradescant the Younger (1608–1662).
Description:
A compact, clump-forming herbaceous perennial with stems of mid-green slightly fleshy leaves. Flowers are three petalled, deep purple with yellow stamens, and appear in clusters in summer and autumn.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 24c
(BW24C)
• Accession: 2000-0849 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
Slate Bed/Llechwedd Llechi 07
(SB07)
• Accession: 2003-0657 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual