Height: 1.5’ to 3’ Width: 1’ to 1.5’ Light Needs: full sun to part shade Water: average to moist Flower color: blue, purple (sometimes white or pink) Bloom time: spring, early summer, fall
This wildflower forms tight clumps of upright to arching leaves and stems. Bright blue, purple or pink, three-petaled flowers each last for a day but flowers are produced throughout spring and early summer, and again in fall. The plant itself may fade in a mid-summer drought and return in fall. In the garden, it makes an attractive accent. Some say that this species produces fewer volunteer seedlings than its relative, Tradescantia ohiensis. Regardless, this plant will spread by seed but is rarely overwhelming. The flowers attract bees, butterflies and other insect pollinators. Deer nibble at the fresh spring growth and developing flower stalks.
