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Plant Combination: Day Lily ‘Happy Returns’ and Spiderwort (Tradescantia virgiana aka T. x andersoniana)

Karen February 19, 2019 0 Comments

Start the season with the sparkling blue of spiderwort while the day lily foliage emerges; then add the lemon yellow of the “Happy Returns’ flower and you have a very…

Plant Combinations

Plant Combination: Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) and Rue (Ruta graveolens)

Karen June 5, 2014 0 Comments

For late spring into summer the blue flowers of spiderwort and the yellow flowers of rue are especially pleasing in a perennial grouping. The spiderwort can bloom for up to…

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Plant Profile: Spiderwort (Tradescantia x andersoniana aka T. virginiana)

Karen June 2, 2009 4 Comments

Native to North, South, and Central America, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the dayflower family, Commelinaceae, a family of 731 species. The plants grow in clumps up to…

Plant Combination: Day Lily ‘Happy Returns’ and Spiderwort (Tradescantia virgiana aka T. x andersoniana)

Plant Combination: Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) and Rue (Ruta graveolens)

Plant Profile: Spiderwort (Tradescantia x andersoniana aka T. virginiana)

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