Tradescantia zebrina ‘Violet Hill’ aka 'Pink Joy' is a cultivar of Tradescantia zebrina Bosse. It is native to Mexico. It is a very popular trailing plant. Where not winter hardy, it is commonly grown in hanging baskets or pots as a houseplant. Trailing stems cascade down from a hanging basket. Stems are clad with fleshy, pointed, stem-clasping, oval leaves that are blue-green with two broad silvery longitudinal stripes above and solid purple underneath. Tiny, three-petaled, lavender-purple flowers appear sporadically throughout the year on plants grown in the native habitat, but flowers rarely appear on indoor plants. Leaf nodes along the stem are purportedly one inch apart, hence the common name.
This plant is synonymous with Tradescantia pendula and Zebrina pendula.
It is sometimes commonly called inch plant, although that name is usually reserved for Tradescantia fluminensis.
Genus name honors John Tradescant (1570-1638) and his son John Tradescant (1608-1662), botanists and successive gardeners to Charles I of England.
Specific epithet means zebra-striped.
Tradescantia zebrina ‘Violet Hill’ aka 'Pink Joy'
Tradescantia zebrina ‘Violet Hill’ aka 'Pink Joy' comes in following sizes:
baby (XS) - is ca. 10 cm tall/long, and comes in a ⌀6 cm pot
M - is ca. 15 cm tall, and comes in a ⌀15 cm pot
