Tradescantia andersoniana ‘Blushing Bride’

The Blushing Bride comes from the Tradescantia family, known for their succulent leaves, their drought resistance and their use as bioindicators in many environments.

But this bride has a very particular secret.

For most of the year, our Bride stays green, featuring sturdy, upright stems and a more bushy habit, with large spaces between the leaves.

But once the temperatures begin to drop in the fall, or even on cooler summer nights, the virus that gives this plant its color becomes active, causing gorgeous blushes of pink and white to emerge from fall until spring.

The variegation on the older leaves will shift from pink to white, creating an even more interesting bouquet of colors.

The Tales:

The family is often called  ‘Inchplant’ as the leaves are supposed to be an inch (2.54cm) apart on a healthy plant. It depends on the amount of sunshine she gets, but generally I have found this to be true.

The plant was named after John Tradescant Senior, a gardener employed by the English King Charles I, by his son John Junior, a botanist and explorer.