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Tradescantia Zebrina
A trailing plant with silver-and-green striped leaves and purple undersides that spills from a hanging pot or shelf and grows quickly.
Description
Tradescantia zebrina is a trailing indoor plant with silver-and-green striped leaves and glossy purple undersides. Its stems spill from a hanging pot or over the edge of a shelf and grow quickly, adding colour that stands out from all-green plants.
Why Tradescantia Zebrina?
- Silver and purple colours that are rare among indoor plants.
- Trailing stems made for hanging pots and high shelves.
- Fast-growing, and trimming keeps it full.
Where to put it
In a hanging pot or on a high shelf near a bright window with filtered light, in a living room, bedroom, office or by a kitchen window. Place it where pets can't reach.
Care in the Saudi climate
- Light: bright, filtered light keeps the colours; in low light the stems stretch and colour fades.
- Water: water regularly and let the topsoil dry between waterings; soggy soil rots the stems.
- Trimming: pinch back long stems to keep it bushy; the cuttings root easily in water.
- Leaves: avoid wetting the leaves too often when watering, to reduce leaf spots.
- Feeding: a light liquid feed once a month in spring and summer.
Safety
Tradescantia sap can irritate the skin and may upset the mouth and stomach if eaten (NC State Extension), and ASPCA lists close relatives as toxic to cats and dogs. Hang it out of pets' reach, and wear gloves when trimming if your skin is sensitive.
Sizes
- One size in a hanging pot.
Silver and purple leaves that tumble softly from above.
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Unusual colour Silver-striped leaves with purple undersides – a splash of colour among green plants.
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Made to trail Its trailing stems suit hanging pots, high shelves and ledges.
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Quick to grow Fast growth; trimming makes it fuller, and cuttings root easily in water.
Unusual colour. Silver-striped leaves with purple undersides – a splash of colour among green plants.
Made to trail. Its trailing stems suit hanging pots, high shelves and ledges.
Quick to grow. Fast growth; trimming makes it fuller, and cuttings root easily in water.
Three quick questions.
We'll tell you whether Tradescantia Zebrina suits your space, and which height to pick.
Three things to get right.
Lighting
Likes bright, filtered light near a window – that's what brings out the silver and purple. In low light stems stretch and lower leaves drop.
Watering
Water regularly and let the topsoil dry between waterings, and let excess water drain from the hanging pot.
Temperature & humidity
Normal home and office temperatures suit it.
We ship in Jeddah & Riyadh.
Near a bright window with filtered light, in a living room, bedroom, office or by a kitchen window, out of pets' reach.
Regularly, letting the topsoil dry between waterings. Hanging pots dry faster, so check the soil with your finger.
Usually too little light. Move it somewhere brighter and cut back the long stems so it regrows bushier.
Yes. Cut a tip about 10 cm long and put it in a glass of water; it roots within days, then pot it up.
We don't recommend it: its sap can irritate the skin and mouth (NC State), and ASPCA lists close relatives as toxic. Hang it out of pets' reach.
