Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Perennial Habit/Form: Clumping Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: Medium Texture: Medium.Play Value: Attractive Flowers Attracts Pollinators Colorful Easy to Grow Dimensions: Height: 1 ft. Attributes: Genus: Tradescantia Species: (Andersoniana Group) Family: Commelinaceae Life Cycle: Perennial Wildlife Value: Butterflies and bees are attracted to the spiderwort.Tags: #purple #showy flowers #rain garden #small spaces #perennials #purple flowers #showy leaves #slopes #accent plant #mass planting #pond margins #moist soil #herbaceous #herbaceous perennials #rock garden #pollinator plant #clumping #border front #walkway planting #small group plantings #compact habit #wet soils tolerant #patio planting See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Can be subject to diseases if overhead irrigation is used on a regular basis. The mid-summer decline in flowers and foliage makes the plant unattractive. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Snails and caterpillars may damage young shoots. On cool or cloudy days, the flower may remain open longer than on hotter, sunny days. Flowers open a few at a time, lasting for one day. It has clusters sitting atop stiff stems with numerous flower buds on each cluster. 'Purple Profusion' is a clump-forming spiderwort known for its deep purple flowers with contrasting yellow stamens. This will promote new growth to the foliage and may give you a late summer to fall bloom. At that point, cut the plant down almost to the ground. The foliage will also decline as temperatures increase. Flowering will slow down or stop in the mid-summer heat. Deadheading will also give the plant a more attractive appearance.
Once all the flowers on a cluster have bloomed, deadheading each cluster may extend the bloom period.
It is typically in bloom from May to August. The resulting seedlings may not resemble the parent plants. Planting two or more plants together, seed will be produced.
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Flower production is increased when grown in full sun, however, in warmer climates, a little afternoon shade is appreciated. It can also be grown in neutral or alkaline soils. It grows to 18 inches tall and wide and performs at its best when planted in acid rich soils. This substance becomes thread-like and silky when it hardens, appearing similar to a spider web. Spiderwort gets its name from the thick, sticky secretion that is present when a stem is cut. 'Purple Profusion' is a cultivar perennial spiderwort in the Commelinaceae (dayflower) family. Phonetic Spelling trad-es-KAN-tee-uh Description
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