| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
| Plant Height: | 12 - 24 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 12 - 18 inches |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Blue |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
| Uses: | Medicinal Herb Vegetable Salad greens Will Naturalize |
| Edible Parts: | Stem Leaves |
| Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees Seeds are hydrophilic Other info: This plant self seeds. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Pollinators: | Bumblebees Bees Various insects |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
| Chillybean | On June 24, 2015 | Transplanted My third variety of Cow Slobber (my favorite common name for this plant... how about Snotweed? ) I planted the plugs on this date in our prairie-to-be and the leaves are still growing a little. I do not expect them to bloom this year. |
| variegatagal | On April 4, 2021 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) |
| variegatagal | On October 9, 2020 | Obtained plant Painted Flower Farm |
« Add a new plant to the database
» Search the Tradescantias Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name
« See the general plant entry for Tradescantias (Tradescantia)
