Tradescantia Pallida Purple Passion - Purple Wandering Jew - Easy-Care Trailing Plant - Cutting or Plant

The Tradescantia pallida Purple Passion is a beautiful houseplant with intensely purple leaves and a trailing habit. This robust, vigorous plant is ideal for hanging baskets or as a decorative shelf plant, bringing instant exotic flair into any room. The brighter it's placed, the more intense the purple leaf coloring becomes.

✨ Characteristics
Genus/Species: Tradescantia pallida 'Purple Passion'
Leaves: Intensely purple, slightly fuzzy, egg-lanceolate; underside strongly purple-tinged
Growth: Trailing/creeping with purple shoots up to 40–60 cm; bushy with regular pinching
Flowers: Small light purple to pink, three-petaled flowers, mainly spring to summer
Size: As a plant (approx. 5.5 cm pot) or cutting (approximate, varies)

🌿 Available as
Plant
Cutting (unrooted)

🌱 Special features
Intense purple leaf coloring – a real eye-catcher
Very easy-care, robust and fast-growing
Easy to propagate via cuttings in water or soil
Versatile: hanging basket, shelf or balcony plant (in summer, keep frost-free)

🪴 Care instructions
Location: Bright to semi-shade, without harsh midday sun; plenty of light intensifies the purple coloring
Watering: Moderately; let the top layer of soil dry out slightly, always avoid waterlogging
Temperature: Warm year-round, 19–24 °C; can be cooler in winter, not below 16 °C, keep frost-free
Substrate: Well-draining houseplant soil with organic and mineral components, drainage layer recommended

📦 Shipping
Securely packaged, shipping within the EU and to many other European countries
Shipped via DHL or GLS incl. tracking
Usually shipped without soil