Choose a tip that looks healthy and has new growth. How to take tradescantia pallida (purple heart) cuttings. Tradescantia Nanouk Propagation. Setcreasea purpurea, Tradescantia pallida 'Purple Heart') has succulent-looking, lance-shaped purple leaves and forms a groundcover about 15cm tall. Spiderwort cuttings are rooted in fresh potting soil or water. This Tradescantia is a new cultivar developed by cross-pollinating two selected seedlings of Tradescantia albiflora. As my nan used to say ‘a watched pot never boils’. Now you’ve got to the stage where you are ready to put the stems in water. I like to use a well draining potting mix when planting my cuttings; peat free multi-purpose compost with added perlite + orchid bark. Plus, you can make a new plant for free. We are deeply sorry about it, and we take full responsibility. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. As I mentioned above, you don’t want to bother rooting any extremely long stems, keeping them all a similar length or vaguely in ‘groups of lengths’ will help the new plant you make to look neater with nice compact growth. It succumbs to frost, but recovers immediately. If you do not … You may simply pinch of a branch or a few branches and submerge the cuttings in fresh soil. I think this is the third cycle of cutting I have done with this plant which makes me happy because it sort of feels like you are giving a bedraggled houseplant a new lease of life. I don’t add anything to the water. Translation – Too much water leads to root rot. You’ll see roots within a week. Its popularity is not just because the plant is so tough, Native to Mexico, wandering Jew (Tradescantia zebrina, also known as Zebrina pendula) grows quickly, displaying trailing stems and green and purple leaves often marked with silvery stripes. HOUSEPLANTHOUSE is a site for houseplant enthusiasts and explores the contemporary nexus between houseplant care, interiors, photography + design. Propagation: Easily propagated by stem cuttings or division. Foliage Retention: Evergreen: Cut the Segments. After a few weeks, you’ll have a good set of branch new roots and will be able to plant it! Take your stem cuttings + remove the bottom few leaves with a snips. How To Propagate Tricolor Tradescantia. To propagate your Tradescantia fluminensis, snip a piece off your plant. Wandering Jjw cuttings should be 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10 cm.) long. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I massacred the whole plant in January because it was looking like quite a … Remove any leaves from the lower part of the stem. Fill your container with fresh water so that the stems are well covered. It can be somewhat drought-tolerant in shadier conditions. I’m not going to throw this away though — I’ll water as normal + see what growth pops up. Xylem Rising’s Observations: This beauty is a rapid grower! Poke the stem into clean, moist potting soil or put it into a little jar of water. Like most houseplants, the Wandering Jew does not like soggy roots. Half an hour after irrigation, unabsorbed water from the sump must be drained, wipe the sump dry with a cloth. Tradescantia fluminensis is a type of wandering jew which is beautiful, but potentially invasive. Many Names For A Simple Plant. You can also root your cuttings in water if you prefer. To propagate nanouk stems directly in soil and skip the rooting-in-water step, take the same type of cutting. This name is used for several different plant species within the Tradescantia genus. You don’t really want to be rooting any stems that are really long + straggly — ones with a few sets of leaves on are ideal (you can see what I mean in the  photos that follow). Tradescantia varieties like the zebrina + fluminensis are perhaps the easiest of all to experiment with this, alongside golden pothos stems + spider plant babies. As its common name suggests, an inch is enough! Other common names are spiderwort, inch plant, and different variations on the ‘wandering’ theme. The cut-off branches of this plant put in water are capable to stay there for several months, and sometimes and … Before you cut anything with your snips, make sure they are clean + sterilised + sharp enough. To all of our customers: we wrongly advertised this plant as Tradescantia Fluminensis Tricolor "Nanouk", while the right denomination is Tradescantia Blossfeldiana cerinthoides variegata "Bubblegum / Lilac”. ... Propagation of tradescantia. Tradescantia plants are one of the easiest plants to propagate. Even grow it as a houseplant here at these points that roots in water, be careful when describe. 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