Invasive Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride?'

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Invasive Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride?'

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Are Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride' too invasive to plant along with bulbs? Will it smother them?
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Re: Invasive Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride?'

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Hi and welcome to the forum. I my opinion (for what that's worth) any Tradescantia that you want to plant will self sow ad noseum. I am forever pulling out plantlets by the thousands. I put up with them because I like them, but I am running out of patience and room. Bulbs will probably be able to force themselves out through them and will hide their foliage within the Trade foliage fairly well. It will make the little seedlings harder to pick out though until the bulb foliage dies off. As an aside, the Trade seedlings don't come up true to the parents. Sometimes you even get some neat flowers. Too bad you get so many plain ones with them. :roll:
Here's to spring coming soon... I need to get my hands dirty!

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Re: Invasive Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride?'

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Lessa's right. You gotta learn to love 'em. Any variety I've had spreads ferociously! For this reason I usually plant them in problem areas where other stuff might have trouble growing. When they get out of control I dig them, pull them, curse them, and they win anyway!! :lol:
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Re: Invasive Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride?'

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:lol: I have the opposite problem.. They don't like me. :lol: I've given up trying to grow them! :lol:
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Re: Invasive Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride?'

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My blushing bride has been a very slow grower. I thought it was because of the varigation that it was a slow grower. But I have the cruse of gardening in a very cold climate. Others in a longer more warmer climate may have different results.
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Re: Invasive Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride?'

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I only get the occasional seedling from my spiderworts and would not mind more.
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