Tradescantia sillamontana 'Gold Stripes'
Gold Stripes Hairy Mexican Spiderwort
Item #: 17231
Zones: 8a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Tradescantia sillamontana 'Gold Stripes' is a wild and crazily variegated form of the dryland, succulent spiderwort, which hails from the northern Mexican State of Nuevo León. Although typically used in hanging baskets and summer containers, an in-ground planting of Tradescantia 'Gold Stripes' makes a superb groundcover, forming a 15" tall x 3' wide, dense patch of silvery-haired foliage, layered with irregular creamy stripes. The patches are further adorned with small lavender flowers in August and September. We find it amazingly useful as a full sun groundcover, albeit deciduous below 20 degrees F.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Tradescantia
Flower Color: Pink , Purple/Lavender , Violet
Leaf Color: Variegated
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Fillers
Garden Themes: Cottage Garden Plants , Fairy Garden Plants , Gnome Gardens , Green Roofs , Living Wall , Night Gardens , Rock Garden Plants , Southwest Garden Plants
Other: Edimentals , Drought Tolerant Plants , Groundcovers , Pollinator Plants , North American Native Plants , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Tropical Looking Plants , Xeriscaping Plants , Colored Foliage , Patterned Foliage , House Plants