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Jul 22, 2015 12:03 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
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No doubt! My Mom put some in the ground a few yrs ago (4-5 little babies) & it did look great. So great, I stopped keeping any in a pot. But then, a few yrs later, it was a pretty big patch of maximum size plants. The stolons that the babies are on stay connected between mama & baby for a surprisingly long time & are just strong enough to trip people. I ended up digging all of this out before it jumped in size again.

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Wouldn't you just love to crawl into this clump on a hot afternoon if you're a snake? Yikes!

It was a clump of great-looking specimens, but not what I like in a ground cover. Way too tall & too successful at tripping people. ...and I'm still finding the occasional baby sometimes, probably from seeds. I did have a moment of weakness and put one of them in a pot. But it's hiding behind the house where nobody can see my "weed in a pot." After having it around for about 30 yrs, it's just sentimental I guess.

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I did it, the Callisia is gone from that area, and so is Tradescantia fluminensis & zebrina.
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Here's the pile after I was finished pulling it. I also snapped off the T. pallida stems to start more elsewhere, but left the roots/stumps there go regrow:
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