Tradescantia virginiana

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Virginia Spiderwort

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

*Growing for 2026 due to extended stratification time

  • Herbaceous perennial; 1-2ft tall

  • Three-petaled blue/violet flowers bloom for a single day, but new buds open every day; blooms early spring to early summer

  • Early season pollen/nectar source for pollinators, including bumblebees, carpenter bees, halictine bees, and hoverflies

  • Moderately deer & rabbit resistant

  • Spreads readily via stolons and seed; can be thinned/transplanted easily in spring or fall by divisions

Size:

Virginia Spiderwort

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

*Growing for 2026 due to extended stratification time

  • Herbaceous perennial; 1-2ft tall

  • Three-petaled blue/violet flowers bloom for a single day, but new buds open every day; blooms early spring to early summer

  • Early season pollen/nectar source for pollinators, including bumblebees, carpenter bees, halictine bees, and hoverflies

  • Moderately deer & rabbit resistant

  • Spreads readily via stolons and seed; can be thinned/transplanted easily in spring or fall by divisions

Details

  • Blue, Purple, Lavender

  • Early Spring to Early Summer

  • 1-2ft

  • Dry, Medium

  • Full, Partial

  • Golden Looper Moth

  • UPL - upland; almost never occurs in wetlands

  • 120 days of cold stratification