Tradescantia

摘要

These unfussy plants offer a welcome splash of colour in the garden or as a houseplant, writes Miranda Kimberley.Tradescantia are named after famous British naturalist and plant collector John Tradescant. The Tradescants brought back many plants from the Americas and Virginia in particular, including the one that came to be known as T. virginiana, the main hardy type grown today in UK gardens.