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Every Tradescantia variety, A to Z
The complete Tradescantia list, the genus most gardeners know as spiderwort — all 25 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Tradescantia hub instead.
A1
- Amethyst Kiss Inch PlantTradescantia zebrina 'Amethyst Kiss'
C2
- Carmine Glow SpiderwortTradescantia x andersoniana 'Karminglut'
- Concord Grape SpiderwortTradescantia x andersoniana 'Concord Grape'
G1
- Garden SpiderwortTradescantia x andersoniana
I1
- Inch PlantTradescantia zebrina
J1
- JC Wecquelin SpiderwortTradescantia x andersoniana 'JC Wecquelin'
L1
- Leonora SpiderwortTradescantia x andersoniana 'Leonora'
M1
- Maiden's Blush Wandering DudeTradescantia mundula 'Maiden's Blush'
O3
- Ohio SpiderwortTradescantia ohiensis
- Ohio Spiderwort Mrs LoewerTradescantia ohiensis 'Mrs Loewer'
- Osprey SpiderwortTradescantia x andersoniana 'Osprey'
P4
- Pale Puma Wandering DudeTradescantia fluminensis 'Pale Puma'
- Purple HeartTradescantia pallida
- Purple HeartTradescantia pallida 'Purple Heart'
- Purple Queen Purple HeartTradescantia pallida 'Purple Queen'
R1
- RoselingTradescantia rosea
S2
- Small-leaf SpiderwortTradescantia fluminensis
- Sweet Kate SpiderwortTradescantia occidentalis 'Sweet Kate'
V2
- Variegated Wandering JewTradescantia pallida 'Variegata'
- Virginia SpiderwortTradescantia virginiana
W3
- White VelvetTradescantia sillamontana
- White Velvet PlantTradescantia sillamontana 'Hogan's Hero'
- White Wandering DudeTradescantia pallida 'Ocampo White'
Z1
- Zwanenburg Blue SpiderwortTradescantia fluminensis 'Zwanenburg Blue'
#1
- 'Kartuz Giant' Purple HeartTradescantia pallida 'Kartuz Giant'
Tradescantia list questions
How many Tradescantia varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 25 distinct Tradescantia varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Tradescantia varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Tradescantia varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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