Also known as spiderwort, the inch plant thrives indoors and is easy to propagate. One reason for its popularity is that inch plant care is relatively easy. “Inch plants are popular for [their] ...

Why I cannot grow the adaptable spiderwort in my yard mystifies me. It disappeared several years after it was planted. But I love spiderwort, so this time of year, I go to the wild seeking 2- to ...

Question: A clump-forming blue flowering plant with sword-like leaves has started growing in my landscape. What is its name and do I keep it? Answer. Welcome this self-seeded landscape addition as it ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Purple Queen spiderwort (Tradescantia pallida "Purple Queen") is a striking plant for either out in the garden or inside the home. This plant ...

THE LATIN and common names of a plant might be compared to a resume. The names often tell a little about the plant’s life story – where it got its start and what it looks like. Take spiderwort, a ...

Q: I purchased a tradescantia blue and gold spiderwort plant. Since my purchase, I have been told that this is an invasive plant. I don't want to plant it if that is the case. However, I am not ...

In a TikTok video, garden coach Amy Powers has a warning for fellow gardeners: "Be careful with spiderwort." You may think that the bright blue blooms of Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) are ...

A friend gave me a few sprigs of spiderwort many years ago, and the plants have multiplied and spread to other areas of our landscape. Spiderwort is a spring-blooming flower with long, strappy leaves, ...

The purple spiderwort, Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’, has enchanted me, ever since seeing curtains of it growing from the Barbican Conservatory. This plant is positively purple, growing elongated ...

The name Spiderwort inspires interest, not to mention a passing thought of Spiderman. I have a long neglected, almost abused, plant which I thought was a wandering Jew, however, I didn’t think that ...