Scott and I were given our first Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) from an accountant friend of ours, Mike Taylor, who was delightfully more so a perennial plant enthusiast. It gave us something more pleasant to talk about than numbers. Mike dug up a clump of this pretty purple-bloomer from his yard for us and it continues to spread and show off for us year-after-year. Tradescantia virginiana foliage varies from bright yellow to blue-greens, but the flowers mainly range in varying shades of purple.
Spiderwort is a diurnal perennial, meaning the blooms open early in the morning and close again by mid-afternoon everyday, which is the most interesting trait of this plant. Though it prefers more sun to stand tall in big clumps, it tends to look thirsty in the heat of the day when planted in super-sunny spots.
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