Tradescantia "Purple Sabre"
By Meanie
![Tradescantia "Purple Sabre" (Tradescantia pallida)](http://media.growsonyou.com/photos/photo/image/202004/main/DSC_0222.jpg)
10 May, 2011
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I've been meaning to post this for a couple of weeks now.
Not the best photo, but captures the colours and texture of the foliage well.
I thought that it was a bargain at £2.99 from a local independent nursery.
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Just a shame that it's a tender one.
10 May, 2011
Beatufiul colours it gives off
10 May, 2011
It's quite lovely isn't it!
10 May, 2011
I love the way it goes from dark to a florestent puple red yes its is lovely.
10 May, 2011
Meanie:
It should be blooming soon. They're all blooming around here now.
20 May, 2011
I would imagine that our night time temps may still be a little on the cool side to encourage flowering.....
It's putting on a lot of new growth since I put it into this pot too!
21 May, 2011
Meanie:
I don't think it needs warm temps to bloom. I saw it blooming already in the San Francisco Bay Area.
It's pretty widely grown as a ground cover here.
21 May, 2011
Probably waiting for warmer nights!
23 May, 2011
That's possible. :>)
23 May, 2011
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Lovely...great colour Meanie
10 May, 2011