| Description | An easy to grow vine for the indoors. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (tray-dess-CAN-tee-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Sunlight | Will tolerate low light conditions but foliage colors are best in bright to moderate light. |
| Moisture | evenly moist |
| Growing Media | average |
| Temperature | average |
| Flowers | small purple flowers found on the tips of the branches |
| Leaves | vine, purple leaves |
| Dimensions | The ultimate size is hard to determine, because they get scraggly and are usually cut back. Easily fills up 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 |
| Propagation | easily from cuttings |
| Native Site | rain forests of Mexico and South 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. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf) #17-The World of House Plants (Elvin McDonald), #158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey) |
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