inch plant

small-leaf spiderwort (Tradescantia fluminensis) and inch plant (T. zebrina). The latter has an array of colourful-leaved varieties including ‘Purpusii,’ with dark red or bronzy leaves, and ‘Quadricolor,’ with metallic-green leaves striped with green, red, and white. White velvet, or white-gossamer (T. sillamontana), has leaves and stems covered with a whitish…

Inch plant (formerly Zebrina pendula, now Tradescantia zebrina) has an array of colourful-leaved varieties and is widely grown as an indoor foliage plant.

…jew, species of Tradescantia and Zebrina, are rapid growers with watery stems and varicoloured leaves; these long-beloved houseplants are used widely in window shelves or hanging baskets. The spider plants (Chlorophytum, or Anthericum) are houseplant favourites, forming clusters of fresh green ribbonlike leaves banded white; young plantlets develop from the…