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Post by emmsmommy on Jul 6, 2024 10:03:25 GMT -5
Unfortunately my various tradescantia or wandering jew plants bit the dust due to neglect a few years ago. Fortunately I shared rooted cuttings with a friend and brought a few cuttings of her established plants home over a month ago. Some rooted and made it into small pots while others simply sat in the cup of water where I stuck them when I got home. Of the three I potted up, they have went absolutely crazy with foliage hanging a good 12" from the pot and are in bad need of a haircut.
Probably the easiest plant I've ever grown and quite stunning in containers too. I learned that by accident a few years ago when one of the branches rooted into a window box of impatiens.
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Post by breezygardener on Jul 6, 2024 14:48:11 GMT -5
Yes - I've seen it occasionally offered around here as an outdoor annual groundcover as well as for a houseplant.
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Post by gianna on Jul 6, 2024 22:44:44 GMT -5
I have a simple green leafed one growing beneath a faucet that tends to stay damp. It's not one of the decorative ones, but just hangs in there, trailing here and there along the wall until I pull it up. But I never get it all, nor do I really want to. it was originally from my mom. It has lovely small blue flowers when it blooms but is not showy at all.
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Post by gardendmpls on Jul 7, 2024 6:36:07 GMT -5
Love the purple leaves. It was very popular in the '70s.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 7, 2024 9:47:29 GMT -5
emmsmommy , have you ever put them in the ground in the summer? Reading about it says that it is invasive but being in zone 5 it could be brought back in or let it die. Thinking I might try it in the future but keep a plant growing inside and take cuttings to put outside again assuming I am successful to get cuttings.
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Post by emmsmommy on Jul 7, 2024 11:19:05 GMT -5
lilolpeapicker, it ran all over the backyard around the containers a few years ago. I had a striped variety, the regular purple and a green and white variety. The frost did them in though. breezygardener, never have seen them marketed as groundcover here but thinking about putting a few cuttings amongst the hostas.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 23, 2024 18:59:00 GMT -5
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Post by breezygardener on Jul 24, 2024 13:53:39 GMT -5
It is now starting a new plant or it seems or we'll see but it's looking good They're notoriously easy to propagate, rooting either in moist media or just water.
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