Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate' ~ Sweet Kate Spiderwort-ServeScape

Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate'

Sweet Kate Spiderwort

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**Dormancy Note - This plant may be currently dormant for the fall/winter! It is still available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Sweet Kate Spiderwort is a native compact herbaceous perennial noted for its yellow lily like foliage.  Small 3-petaled violet-blue colored flowers with yellow stamen last for only a day but bloom continuously on the stiff stems above the foliage for several weeks in spring. Best color with full sun and moist, well-drained acidic soils.  Sweet Kate tolerates wet soils and is self cleaning.

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Andersoniana Hybrid, Native

Height: 

0.5' - 1' 

Spread: 

0.5’ - 1'

Spacing: 

1'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Purple

Season of Interest: 

Spring, Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  No serious pests or diseases.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Periwinkle, Bugleweed, Sweet Woodruff

IMAGE: Photo by David J. Stang, Tradescantia x andersoniana Sweet Kate 16zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

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