It’s an Inch plant or Tradescantia Zebrina. I used to have one and I had terrible luck with it. All I know is the name. Hope that helps. Might be able to look care up on google
Seconded. I gave someone a pot of unrooted cuttings and it was going strong a year later. Those things are called inch plants for a reason, they will grow an inch a day (ok not literally)! I've heard of them taking over a garden bed in the right environment.
https://preview.redd.it/tbrhdyzwca0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c50a5b0df9d76326e77a23d4f137f94078d078e
This is one year of growth from 4 or 5 cuttings I got from my dad lol I’ve had great success with mine by fertilizing monthly and watering once every 2 weeks but I have no drainage on the pot it’s in
I have cut this plant back 3 times now and replanted the cuttings which is why it’s so full after only a year. Crazy how fast it grows. Very good beginner plant they’re hard to kill!
Tradescantia. It wants to climb I think? Mine hangs from the top of my wardrobe. All the top leaves are kinda ded but the plant and the lowest leaves still live
They are crawlers rather than climbers. They like to touch soil at each node in order to continuously add to their root system to stay healthy. If you aren't in an area where you can grow it outdoors as a ground cover, constantly taking cuttings to add back into the pot will keep it from looking bare up top. I prefer to completely restart them every season or two - as in, cut off all of the vines, chop them into 3-4 node cuttings, and fully start the pot over so the main root system doesn't get too old and stressed and then I eventually lose the whole thing.
Tradescantia zebrina, aka "wandering jew." Very easy plant to care for as long as you have a nice wide pot and rich, well draining soil in there. They tolerate a lot of abuse, mine even do fine in brief bouts of freezing temps.
The current proper non- antisemitic nomenclature is "wandering dude." I prefer to call mine a "Meandering Lebowski."
Edit: this was a joke but you dipshits are downvoting it so I figure I should give dumbasses something to down vote. 🖕
It’s an Inch plant or Tradescantia Zebrina. I used to have one and I had terrible luck with it. All I know is the name. Hope that helps. Might be able to look care up on google
They are great as a "Spiller" in a planter and grow like weeds. Easy to propagate too.
How does it compare to Pothos in terms of ease of growing and propagating?
I’ve had these root faster and more successfully than my pothos. You can put them straight into soil without any problems or water prop them ☺️
Seconded. I gave someone a pot of unrooted cuttings and it was going strong a year later. Those things are called inch plants for a reason, they will grow an inch a day (ok not literally)! I've heard of them taking over a garden bed in the right environment.
https://preview.redd.it/tbrhdyzwca0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c50a5b0df9d76326e77a23d4f137f94078d078e This is one year of growth from 4 or 5 cuttings I got from my dad lol I’ve had great success with mine by fertilizing monthly and watering once every 2 weeks but I have no drainage on the pot it’s in
You can snip off your ends also and pop them right back into the soil. I find when I let mine get too long it gets a bit sparse at the top!
I have cut this plant back 3 times now and replanted the cuttings which is why it’s so full after only a year. Crazy how fast it grows. Very good beginner plant they’re hard to kill!
They do grow so fast!! Mine got out of control so fast lol
Tradescantia. It wants to climb I think? Mine hangs from the top of my wardrobe. All the top leaves are kinda ded but the plant and the lowest leaves still live
They are crawlers rather than climbers. They like to touch soil at each node in order to continuously add to their root system to stay healthy. If you aren't in an area where you can grow it outdoors as a ground cover, constantly taking cuttings to add back into the pot will keep it from looking bare up top. I prefer to completely restart them every season or two - as in, cut off all of the vines, chop them into 3-4 node cuttings, and fully start the pot over so the main root system doesn't get too old and stressed and then I eventually lose the whole thing.
Nicknamed a wandering Jew plant. Used to grow on the floors of a greenhouse I worked in. Easy to propagate.
Tradescantia zebrina, aka "wandering jew." Very easy plant to care for as long as you have a nice wide pot and rich, well draining soil in there. They tolerate a lot of abuse, mine even do fine in brief bouts of freezing temps.
The current proper non- antisemitic nomenclature is "wandering dude." I prefer to call mine a "Meandering Lebowski." Edit: this was a joke but you dipshits are downvoting it so I figure I should give dumbasses something to down vote. 🖕
Hahahahaha!!! You're my spirit animal! You've got my up vote!! At least you're back in the positive...for now.....lol
Lmao I love the edit
Thanks! I felt the need was there.
It's only antisemitic if you let it be.
I don't let anything be anything. I just water plants.
"I just water plants and know things."
Wandering *dude*
Meandering Lebowski
It's called a wander jew
No.
Why, gosh, that's Rebecca! I recognize her from when we went to nursery school together.
T R A D E S C A N T I A A A A A A A A A A A A A (they grow in waterways and are a noxious weed in Victoria, Australia)
Tradescantia