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House plant ID

Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
in Plants
Can any of you knowledgable folk identify this trailing houseplant for me. It was given as a gift, but there’s no label on it. I want to be sure to put it in the right position and water/feed appropriately. Thank you.

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  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    The stems have a reddish/pinkish hue and the underside of some of the leaves are the same, giving a slightly striped effect.
  • msqingxiaomsqingxiao Posts: 482
    Looks like my Tradescantia or a related species.
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    I agree a tradescantia. 
  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    Thank you both of you for your ID of the plant. I can look up how to care for it now.
  • msqingxiaomsqingxiao Posts: 482
    It's very easy going and grows fast....
  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    so I need to keep it in trim, then, to control it’s spread? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2022
    Keep it on a well lit windowsill (but not in fierce sunshine) and it will grow bushier rather than quite so  straggly and its leaf colour will be better. 

    When you do need to trim it back pop the pieces you cut off into a jar of water for a few weeks and they’ll sprout roots … pot them up (3 to a pot) and you’ve a new plant. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    Thank you @Dovefromabove, I’ll do that.  :)
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