How to grow Purple Heart

Tradescantia pallida

Seed Saving Purple heart

Seeds are not viable, use cuttings to propagate.1

How long does Purple heart take to grow?

These estimates for how long Purple heart takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.

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Other names for Purple heart

Purple queen, Purple spiderwort, Purple Wondering Jew, Purple Inch Plant

Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt, Setcreasea purpurea

Footnotes

1 Missouri Botanical Garden


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