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Setcreasea / Tradescantia pallida 'Kartuz Giant'
Giant Large-leaf Purple Heart

$6.00 $7.80
This size 8 in stock Product ID: 335978

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CULTURAL CONDITIONS

Plant Min Zone: 6b

Plant Max Zone: 11b

Sunlight: All Day Full Sun, Full Sun, Part Sun

Water / Rainfall: Very Low, Low, Average, High

Soil Quality: Poor, Average

FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE

Bloom Season: Summer, Late Summer

Flower Color: Pink

Berry / Fruit Color: None

Spring Foliage Color: Purple

Summer Foliage Color: Purple

Fall Foliage Color: Purple

Evergreen Foliage: No

Winter Interest: No

Scented Flowers: No

PLANT TOLERANCES

Drought Tolerance: Medium

Wet-Feet Tolerance: Medium

Humidity Tolerance: High

Wind Tolerance: Medium, High

Poor Soil Tolerance: Clay Soils, Rocky Soils, Shallow Soils, Sandy Soils

GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE

Height: 0.75' - 1.5'

Width: 1' - 2'

Growth Rate: Medium, Fast

Service Life: Short: 1-3 years

Maintenance Need: Low

Spreading Potential: Low

Yearly Trimming Tips: Trim Perennial to Ground Around First Fall Freeze: No Winter Interest.

PLANT USES AND LIMITATIONS

Plant Grouping Size: Specimen Planting of 1-3, Small Grouping of 3-5

Best Side of House: South Exposure, West Exposure

Extreme Planting Locations: Survives Severe Drought, Tolerates Extreme Heat, Resistant to Rabbits, Top of Retaining Wall Locations, Base of Retaining Wall Locations

Ornamental Features: Multiple Seasons of Interest, Exceptional / Colorful Foliage

Special Landscape Uses: Groundcover

Possible Pest Problems: None

Plant Limitations: May get Occasional Winter-kill, Needs Thick Winter Mulch

Description

Purple Heart (Setcreasea / Tradescantia pallida 'Purple Heart') is the most versatile plant in out library: it can be an annual, perennial, patio plant, house plant, or hanging basket in wet or dry soil in full shade or full sun. It can handle growing in standing water or bone dry. In dry soils, it shows no drought stress, continuing to grow with a deeper purple shade. In moist soils, this plant will grow rapidly. In shade, the foliage becomes more greenish but still looks attractive. In Kansas, it is usually grown as an annual. Brilliant purple leaves contrast small pink flowers in the summer! Plants will quickly fill an annual bed with bright purple color all summer til first hard freeze. In the ground, it is possible to overwinter these in the ground in Kansas by placing a giant 6-8" mound of mulch over deeply planted rhizomes. Not sure what's easier, buying and moving that much mulch or replanting in spring?: you decide. If growing as a potted plant and trying to overwinter, allowing the foliage to frost is ok, it will not kill the root system. However, do not allow the pot with rootball to freeze solid or go below 20 degrees for more than a few hours. Allow to go dormant as needed with little care, just cut off dead foliage and place back out in April or May with a time-release fertilizer. Many plants will die back slowly and remain attractive inside for most of the winter. Purple heart plants have no insect, disease or animal pests. Botanical name has recently changed from Setcreasea to Tradescantia. This 'Giant' form (Setcreasea / Tradescantia pallida 'Kartuz Giant'), originally purchased at Bustani Plant Farm in Stillwater Oklahoma, has much larger tropical-like foliage. This form survived -16 degrees F and a week of single digit highs in February, 2021 with 3-4" of mulch.

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