Unknown Purple Plant.
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Barb Rosen on Jun 17, 2013Hi, Carol! You have a lovely tradescantia pallida purpurea, commonly know as Purple Heart, Purple Queen or Wandering Jew (what I call my husband when he's lost!). Here's some info so you can read up on it! http://growingguides.com/PlantGuides/PurpleHeartCuttings.pdfHelpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 17, 2013You have "Purple Queen," Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea.' Pinch away. It's a very resilient plant.Helpful Reply
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Nancy Hand on Jun 17, 2013Good ole Wandering Jew!Helpful Reply
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Trent-Tonya Sharp on Jun 17, 2013my mom has a ton of this purple queen is what she calls itHelpful Reply
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Rachel Medina on Jun 17, 2013I used to have that when I live in San Antonio, Texas- we called it Wandering Jew:)Helpful Reply
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Stephanie on Jun 17, 2013WANDERING JEWHelpful Reply
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Stephanie on Jun 17, 2013PINCH AND REPLANT IT TAKES EASILY -LAHelpful Reply
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Tammie S on Jun 17, 2013aka: secretia = https://www.google.com/search?q=secretia&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=95W_Ubz-JI640QG834GIDA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=656#facrc=_&imgrc=6AYavmomLBO1jM%3A%3BaW6AbFtUfU7OGM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.chicagotribune.com%252Fmedia%252Fphoto%252F2012-08%252F71807703.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.chicagotribune.com%252Fclassified%252Frealestate%252Fhome%252Fct-ct-garden2.jpg-20120813%252C0%252C3611422.photo%3B600%3B400Helpful Reply
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Carol S on Jun 18, 2013Thank you all - I will pinch it back - Purple Queen sounds nice. I have had a Purple Passion plant before - and a though I can't recall what a Wandering Jew plant looks like - exactly - I know it doesn't resemble this baby.Helpful Reply
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Lori J on Jun 18, 2013I think that wandering jews come in different colors. I remember a variety that was variegated.Helpful Reply
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Carol S on Jun 18, 2013Well - I guess you are all correct - I just Googled, images of Wandering Jew Houseplant and OMG - not only was it there but so were Spider Plants, a hosts of other completely different varieties. I also have the variagated, thinner leaf variety, which grows differently deepending on the container and available lighting.Helpful Reply
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Namaws on Jun 18, 2013purple wandering jewHelpful Reply
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Laurie on Jun 20, 2013we have this all around north Texas. We call it Purple Heart. The botanical name is Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'. It is hearty to a zone 7b or 8a and very drought tolerant.Helpful Reply
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Eunice W on Jun 20, 2013I see everyone has already told you what it is.Helpful Reply
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Rusty on Jun 20, 2013This is of the wandering jew family but I was taught by my mother it was called "Lady in a boat".Helpful Reply
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MaeGatineau on Jul 08, 2013this is so great to fill in your flower pots it grows like a weed i put it out all summer than save some to make a plant inside all winter so i have it for next year ,mine is green and purpleHelpful Reply
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Cathy Kurpil on Jul 08, 2013Looks so pretty, I have a few of these, and yes indeed they DO love to wander :)Helpful Reply
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Ester Age on Jul 09, 2013I just planted some this weekend, see how it goes :)Helpful Reply
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Tracey T on Jul 09, 2013Wandering JewHelpful Reply
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Peg on Jul 10, 2013It's one of the varieties of "setcreasa", wandering jew is from the same genus. This is a "Purple Heart" as Laurie said. It is getting popular up here in the nurseries to put out as an annual, then it can be saved indoors through the winter like I do. Mix it with other color foliage, it makes a nice accent plant.Helpful Reply
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MaeGatineau on Jul 14, 2013i have a green one that goes crazy also they call it a wandering jew alsoHelpful Reply
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Carol S on Jul 20, 2013I rooted cuttings from the prolific Purple Queen and 2 other varigated Wandering Jew plants. Now, I have 2 PQ's in the temp garden in the back yard, along with two bunches of pale green Sedum. Busy little bee am I.Helpful Reply
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Peg on Jul 24, 2013You asked if you can pinch it back...yes, especially if you don't want it to get too leggy and wan tit to fill out. Unless it's in a hanging basket and you want it to hang down and need some length. Root some in water so you can have it next year. I got a pinch from someone years ago, still have it growing and I share the excess.Helpful Reply
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360 Sod (Donna Dixson) on Jul 24, 2013Purple Heart is perennial here for us in zone 7b. I love paring it with Margurite Sweet Potato vine because I love purple and yellow together in the garden. In this pot though I decided to try some red with the purple. I was trying to mimic the colors in the broken gazing globe. I had some yellow million bells in that totally tanked so I replaced them with some orangish lantana which has yet to start blooming.Helpful Reply
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Tracey T on Jul 25, 2013@360 Sod (Donna Dixson) I never thought of using this invasive plant this way. Thanks you have given me a new like of Wandering Jews..Helpful Reply
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Melina on Jul 25, 2013The name of this plant is cycrisha. Common name is purple heart.Helpful Reply
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Nancy Sauer on Jul 25, 2013Down south we call it a purple jewHelpful Reply
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Sherry F on Jul 26, 2013I have a lot of this in flower pots around my yard. I don't know if anyone else has kept it inside, but I use to have several pots of it in my classroom. The plants that were inside were always green in color and would never turn purple I don't know why. Someone asked about pinching it back. I do this all the time by breaking it at one of the joints on the stems. If you do this you can stick it down in the dirt and it will root itself.Helpful Reply
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MaeGatineau on Jul 27, 2013@Sherry F i keep a plant indoors in winter and give anyone who wants a piece to start a plant of their own and its a great filler in potsHelpful Reply
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Peg on Jul 29, 2013There are so many pants that are considering weeds or invasive depending where you live. If they don't have a purpose in the gardens, they might have a purpose in a planter as an accent plant. I hate throwing any plant out, my trimmed houseplants get a second life in a pot outside. I love to mix textures and colors.Helpful Reply
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Stephanie on Jul 29, 2013I LIVE IN ZONE 9 LOUISIANA....CAN I PUT THIS AROUND MY MAIL BOX? IT WILL BE IN FULL SUN ALL DAY.Helpful Reply
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Carol S on Jul 30, 2013@Sherry F - This particular plant sat in our picture window all winter. It needs direct sun light to stay purple. I actually put it & cuttings in the ground w&wo new roots. I am going take cuttings this fall and have one plant inside,just in case we have a really hard winter. I just really lover the color. Don't you? @360 Sod (Donna Dixson) - Love your Planter ideas. I may also make a pot of purple perennials, hmm the wheels are spinning. LOLHelpful Reply
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Sherry F on Jul 30, 2013@Stephanie - Actually I got my plants from my mother in law who lives in LA. She has these in the ground around some of her trees as ground coverHelpful Reply
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Caroline on Jul 30, 2013Wandering JewHelpful Reply
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Joe Strachan on Jul 31, 2013This is a ground cover. Just plant it in the ground and it grows. Beautiful.. You can also grow it in pots. I can't remember the name but I bought one for my neighbor thinking it was the jew but when I paid for it she said it was a ground cover. She planted it in the ground around her tree and it is so pretty..Helpful Reply
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MaeGatineau on Aug 02, 2013my niece had one on the top of her cupboard and it hung down the side almost to the floor it looked very nice she kept it cut to keep it looking niceHelpful Reply
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Vickie on Aug 03, 2013I have heard it called little man in a boat because of the shade of the flower. Also I have heard it called jew so......Helpful Reply
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Carol S on Aug 03, 2013Thanks,@Vickie . It is lovely, prolific, hardy & a perennial. All things I like in any plant.Helpful Reply
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JUDY S - BEYOND THE BLUE SHUTTERS on Aug 06, 2013wandering Jew or spiderwort family (Commelinaceae) consists of 41 accepted genera (APG III) Read more: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/3023/#ixzz2bD7DcOJjHelpful Reply
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JUDY S - BEYOND THE BLUE SHUTTERS on Aug 06, 2013Yes, Carol. You can pinch the wandering jew back without damaging it. If a piece breaks off, poke your finger in the dirt and add that piece back in. I have that plant in about 6 areas in my yard all started from the same plant. In Texas, it sometimes dies in the extreme heat of the summer but always comes back.Helpful Reply
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Dolores on Sep 21, 2013In South Africa we call it the wandering jew, its sister plant is green.Helpful Reply
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S.venkatesan on Sep 21, 2013It is a crotons plant .,it spreads and grows very fast even a cutting thrown on ground will easily picks up root.In india it is grown on border of a grass lawn in parks and gardens.Helpful Reply
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Lee Watkins on Sep 21, 2013In the south, we call it purple Jew. Very hardy!Helpful Reply
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Penny Fleming on Sep 22, 2013Wandering Jew is what I've heard it called all my life,usally you can just pinch off and share and it take's right back off growing without root fertilizer.Helpful Reply
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Joan deMontmollin on Sep 22, 2013In my part of the South.. it's is known as..MOSES-in -the-Bulrush plant or Moses in the Cradle plant.. our Wandering-jew plants are more of a flat leaf creeper plant,purple underleaf with green/silver sripe on upperside of leaf..small pink flowers.Helpful Reply
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Shelby24019 on Sep 26, 2013This is in the Tradescantia (spiderwort) family. I can't remember exactly what this particular one is called. But I live in zone 6 in VA and it has grown outside fine for me for 10 years or more.Helpful Reply
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Liliana Wells on Sep 27, 2013I have heard it called Moses in the Pulpit. Either way, it grows very quickly; but dies off in the winter in Zone 8. It comes back in the Spring. I have mine in two pots because I don't want it to wander around the yard.Helpful Reply
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Sylvia Parish on Sep 27, 2013You can plant directly in the ground and train to grow around and around until appears like a bush,,I prefer the variegated wandering Jew as it is softer and thicker \Helpful Reply
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Leola Zakos on Sep 27, 2013wandering jew and it is so easy to grow and rootHelpful Reply
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Sharonhenager on Sep 27, 2013Purple jude that what we call in TexasHelpful Reply
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Norma on Sep 27, 2013I Bleeding HeartHelpful Reply
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Diane Ray on Sep 27, 2013I also have one of this plants it is NOT a wandering jew.wandering jews are fuzzy leafed and shaped differently I did cut mine back in stuck in water and it sprouted grows like crazy.Helpful Reply
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Carol S on Sep 29, 2013Thank you all. Would you classy it as "invassive"? I mean should I give it it's own spot? Or does it plant well with others?Helpful Reply
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Stephanie on Sep 30, 2013yes, its invassive..... give it its own spot if you leke everything in its place. i like everything all mixed to together.Helpful Reply
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Shelby24019 on Sep 30, 2013I have it growing in two different areas and it has never been invasive. But then too I am always sharing mine with friends.Helpful Reply
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Tammy EL Shafey on Dec 25, 2013I have always known this plant to be a purple passion i have one big one on my balcony here in Egypt and have several to pot up the are easy to start and are ver adaptable i also had one in the USA as did my mom as i was growing up. I get pinl flowers on this plant love it.Helpful Reply
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G B on Dec 25, 2013Have several; some in the yard and a large potted one in the house. Needs sun to retain purple leaves otherwise they turn green. Love my plant.Helpful Reply
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Lynne Heller on Dec 25, 2013Purple Heart (Setcresea pallida) is a name commonly used forWandering Jew Plant that has purple blossom. It is generally classified as a Tradescantia and comes from a family of Commelinaceae. Purple Wandering Jew has a very breakable stems and grows up to 12 inches tall. It resists light frosts and grows the best in partial shade, but it survives almost in any condition. This plant originates Lousiana, Florida and Eastern Mexico, but today is found growing all over the world. It requires moderate water, but grows well in dry conditions also. Putting stems in the ground will grow a new plant. This plant thrives in high humidity and can survive in tough conditions. Purple Heart is a plant that multiplies quickly. It makes an excellent house plant which requires minimum care. If planted outside, during freezing temperatures this plant will die but will return back in the spring. Purple Heart Wandering Jew makes an excellent ground cover plant.Helpful Reply
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Jmarie813 on Dec 25, 2013...This grows like weeds in Florida. -we call it 'purple crap.'Helpful Reply
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Louis Lieberman on Dec 25, 2013If it's what I think, " WANDERING JEW'Helpful Reply
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Betty Swift on Dec 25, 2013Definitely setcrecia. Beautiful plant. Not invasive.Helpful Reply
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Catherine Lee on Dec 25, 2013Very easy to plant, just plug n plant it... n it is type of herb as well. Boil with water n add / without rock sugar, nice drink n good health.Helpful Reply
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MaeGatineau on Dec 26, 2013Its in the wandering Jew family (purple Queen)Helpful Reply
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Brenda Malcolm on Dec 26, 2013Moses in the Cradle is a popular house plant, related to the Wandering JewHelpful Reply
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Sandra Farmer on Dec 26, 2013It is called Moses in a cradleHelpful Reply
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Patricia on Dec 26, 2013I have some of this plant as a house plant only. It's too cold here for it to be outside in the winter. But I take all my house plants outside for the summer. I've been wanting to know what it is. THank you.Helpful Reply
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Diane Rose on Dec 26, 2013We call it a wandering Jew.Helpful Reply
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Margie Newman on Dec 26, 2013I live in Florida........we call this a purple queen plant!!! I have started many new ones, cut off a shoot, plant in pot and keep them moist and in shade!!! They root in no time!!! They do die down in the winter!!! Don't worry...clean all the dead branches and leaves away.. in the spring they are back bigger and better than ever!!!Helpful Reply
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Cyndi Neumann on Mar 11, 2014These so root in water very easy! Just take the broken stem and put in water and you wil get roots in no time at all! Smiles, CyndiHelpful Reply
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Joanne Barlow Covell on Mar 11, 2014it is called a Wandering JewHelpful Reply
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Genna Scartaccini on Mar 11, 2014this is different from what we call wandering Jew out in the southwest it is larger with a different shaped leaf. I have always known this plant as Moses in the Cradle. It grows outside most of the time ( 3 seasons) but will not take a hard freezeHelpful Reply
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Trisha S on Mar 12, 2014It is "Purple Heart" and can be potted or as a ground cover. It will die off in winter (if very cold) and will come back in the summer. I have some in the ground and in a pot (that goes into the green house).Helpful Reply
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Rose Martin on Mar 12, 2014I've heard it called Joseph coatHelpful Reply
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White Oak Studio Designs on Mar 12, 2014I put mine out in the full Michigan sun the summer months and it blooms like crazy. I take it in the house in the winter and dies back but comes right back when put outside again. I've been giving this plant away for years!Helpful Reply
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Beverly Gray-Alexander on Mar 12, 2014Its called wandering Jew if you live in Texas.Helpful Reply
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Kelly Sharber on Mar 12, 2014I have this around my flag pole its beautiful and returns yearly, in the south we call it a purple love plant. or wondering jew, as posted. wonderful plant to grow.Helpful Reply
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Helen D on Mar 12, 2014@Carol, this plant is Tradescantia or Wandering Jew, and is extremely adept at rooting itself in water or damp earth. It is not hardy out of doors all year unless you live in a sub-tropical climate but makes a great little houseplant indoors during the fall and winter. Be cruel in your pruning, it can take it and flourish!Helpful Reply
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June Ramsey on Mar 12, 2014Helen D Is correct .Its one I kept for many years. I live in the North East , and lost it and many plants that I moved ,out of my Mothers Flower beds in Fla. after she passed away. Do to any ice storm ,that left us with out heat for 20 days. I should start another one.As it let Mom grow on in my summer garden.Helpful Reply
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MaeGatineau on Mar 13, 2014if you have it outside its best you keep it in a hanging basket or it will spread ,,i had one years ago and would start a small plant to bring inside at the end of summer to have for outside the next year,i do that to a few other plants alsoHelpful Reply
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Jerri Corn on Mar 13, 2014Purple Passion!Helpful Reply
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Susie on Mar 14, 2014Setcreasea purpurea - also known as Purple Heart of Mexican Hearts & FlowersHelpful Reply
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Shelley on Mar 14, 2014You can't kill it. I have seen it survive freezing temps and sweltering heat.Helpful Reply
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Vicky J on Mar 14, 2014Wandering Jew here in TN. I have some in my flower beds and it dies out in winter, comes back in spring. Looks beautiful planted as a background for wave petunias.Helpful Reply
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Aunt Hilda on Mar 15, 2014purple passion is what I grew up calling it, it is in the "wandering jew" family, I believe....Helpful Reply
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Marz Bo on Mar 15, 2014Well, I agree it does look like it is from or part of the "Wandering Jew family" @"Aunt Hilda" but I think if you would perhaps change its container and nip its ends perhaps you will have better control, . like the "Wandering Jew" this is a running plant which will grow out of its pot if you don't trim it back periodically..Helpful Reply
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Popefrances on Mar 15, 2014A form of wandering jew. It is hard to get rid of once it's started. I thought I had it all out before we added cement porch. It came back between the house and the porch.Helpful Reply
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Carol Harris on Mar 15, 2014I love this plant, my neighbor has one in a big pretty pot, she leaves it outside all winter and it comes back, its the easiest no care plant I have ever seen. Its different than the Wandering Jew my mother use to have.Helpful Reply
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Camille Carlin on Mar 18, 2014Tradescantia pallida 'Purple Heart' - is a species of spiderwort more commonly known as Wandering JewHelpful Reply
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Darwin on Mar 18, 2014Darwin Wenzler, Pensacola, Fl The correct name is "Setcreasea Purpurea"Helpful Reply
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Juanell Hollingsworth on Mar 18, 2014It will root either in water or just stick it back in the dirt.Helpful Reply
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SHIRLEY TAPLEY on Mar 20, 2014I HAVE ONE THAT WAS GAVE TO ME LAST YR.A LADY GAVE ME JUST ONE STEM OF HERS ANOW I HAVE A BIG POT OF IT IT MAKES LIGHT BLUE BLOOMS I KEEP IT OUTSIDEIN THE WINTER AND COVER IT UP WITH BLANKET WITH MY OTHER PLANTS FLOWERS. YOU CAN REPOT THEM OR BREAK OFF STEM AND PLANT IN DIRT,OR POTTING SOIL, OR WATER IT ROOTS VERY EASY.Helpful Reply
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Anna Ibarra on Mar 23, 2014They will take easy, Had so many in my backyard and they just take off, so I only had them potted and will still multiply but potted will be easier to handle. Never had problem no even during winter and I left outside, but this winter, many died, or think they did. I was out few weeks ago cleaning up the winter damage and some looks as if they are coming back.Helpful Reply
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Michelle D'Angelo on Mar 23, 2014it looks like sweet potato vineHelpful Reply
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Debbie Dillon on May 27, 2016Moses in the Bull Rush, Is what it is called.Helpful Reply
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Louis Lieberman on May 27, 2016it's"WANDERING JEW'Helpful Reply
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Shailaja on May 27, 2016I agree with Mr. Leiberman. It is Wandering Jew 'Purpurea' (Tradescantia pallida) popularly called Purple Heart. The plant requires bright light for good leaf colour. Will grow in lower light, but the leaves will be more green than purple. Yes, you can pinch off new stem tips to promote branching and keep the plant compact.Helpful Reply
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Gladys Ruben on May 27, 2016yeah wandering jew, you can cut it to the knubbies and it will grow back o long as wateredHelpful Reply
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Alice on May 28, 2016This is a purple wondering Jew we had this where I worked love the plant.Helpful Reply
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Alice on May 28, 2016Yes you can pinch it back and put in water to root or put in dirt.Helpful Reply
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Margie Newman on May 29, 2016I live in Florida. We call this purple queen. Wandering Jew has some dark green and burgundy leaves. Purple queen is a wonderful plant. Last season, I started 20 plants from cuttings in vermiculite and light potting soil; they all took. You do have to keep them moist especially in heat. Don't drowned them!!! They die back in the frost and come back every year!!! Enjoy!!!Helpful Reply
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