| Description | Variegated Inch Plant (Tradescantia albilfora) is a variegated form of the Inch plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (tray-dess-CAN-tee-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 9 |
| Sunlight | This Inch plant tends to burn easier than many of the other Tradescantia. Moderate to bright light is probably the best. |
| Moisture | evenly moist |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Flowers | small white flowers |
| Leaves | white variegated, have a silvery sheen |
| Stems | trailing, creeping, rooting at joints (nodes) |
| Dimensions | Easily fills a 12 inch hanging basket, cascading over 2 feet. |
| Maintenance | The stems may become progressively bare from the base. At this point it is best to cut them back. Allow the mother plant to regrow or root the stems to produce new plants. Remove any stems reverting back to green. |
| Propagation | easy from cuttings. |
| Native Site | Central America |
| Cultivar Origin | The genus is named after John Tradescant and his son. They were King Charles I of England gardeners. Traveled all over the world collecting plants. |
| Author's Notes | This was one of my favorite Inch plants to grow. It had good variegation which was fairly easy to maintain. Also tended not to stretch as easy as the others. The only cultural habit to be aware of is that it can burn in too much light. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf) , #158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey) |
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