Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of inch plants with a Plant Care 101 graphic overlay. Also known as spiderwort, the inch plant thrives indoors and is easy ...

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 ...

One spiderwort plant is all it takes to make more! Spiderwort species in the genus Tradescantia propagate readily from cuttings. They're climbers and danglers with stunning foliage that's perfect for ...

With Spring 2019 at the starting gate, all kinds of plants are sprouting and producing blooms. The last gasp of winter’s temperatures may yet slow the progress, but only slightly. Much like the Easter ...

Purple Queen spiderwort (Tradescantia pallida "Purple Queen") is a striking plant for either out in the garden or inside the home. This plant has narrow, linear, deep-purple leaves that bend slightly ...

Meet the nice native spiderwort and the beneficial bumblebee that pollinates it. Information on these species comes courtesy of Helen Hamilton, author of “Wildflowers and Grasses of Virginia’s Coastal ...

In the relative cool of the morning, a huge bumblebee spends a considerable amount of time on the spiderwort in the garden at my back door. He lumbers from flower to flower, his pollen sacs swelling, ...