TRADESCANTIA FLUMINENSIS QU. - info
TRADESCANTIA FLUMINENSIS QUADRICOLOR
TRADESCANTIA = GRASS MISERY
The term grass misery was probably given for its habit prostrate and cascading.
Data sheet
- Light
- A lot of light. No direct sun.
- Recommended temperature
- Greater than 15 °C
- Watering
- Wait until the earth is dry. To check, scratch and feel with your fingers well below the surface of the soil. Immerse the plant pot in a container with water, for 1/5 of its height for 3 minutes.
- Name
- Is derived from John Tradescant (1608-1662), gardener to The court of Charles I of England, arrived in 1637 in Virginia, one of the first territories colonized by the English in America.
- Origin
- North America and south-central, Mexico.
- Family
- Commelinaceae