What Is This Houseplant?

cybergrannie
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May 16, 20180 found this helpful

Looks like you may have a purple wandering jew or Setcreasea pallida Purple Heart.
Another similar plant - tradescantia-fluminensis but in the same family of wandering jew.

• Grow purple heart in full sun for best color development; plants growing in shade tend more to green than purple.
• Pinch the plants to promote more compact growth. Plants are drought tolerant and thrive on neglect, but also tolerate frequent watering.
• Fertilize monthly when actively growing.
• Here are some sites that give a more detailed care description.
• wimastergardener.org/.../
• www.finegardening.com/.../setcreasea-pallida-purple-heart
• www.monrovia.com/.../

Pat D.

May 17, 20180 found this helpful

this plant my grandmother called wondering jew ,when it get blums some called it moses cradle because the little flower sat in cradle of the blum