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Plant ID, please - just know that it grows a lot

Sandra ASandra A Posts: 146
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Hello, can anyone identify this plant, please? It grows a lot and it drops like a shower. thank you

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I think it's one of the Tradescantias

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Agree with @Pete.8 It is the house plant variety and not the perennial outdooors one.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Agree with Tradascantia.  Personally I prefer the purple one which has the same growth habit but slightly "furrier" leaves.
    Plenty of bits if you fancy trying one  ? :)
  • Sandra ASandra A Posts: 146
    @Pete.8 thank you, exactly, I have found it only after you identified it. https://mygardenlife.com/plant-library/inch-plant-wandering-jew-indoors-tradescantia-fluminensis

    Now, I have to find someone that wants it :)
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Try someone who works in an office. It is good for hanging over the side of filing cabinets and all plants in an office are good for the workers.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Ha-ha! good luck with that!
    I had one when I was a lad and got bored with it eventually.
    I think I 'forgot' to water it for about 6 months

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I prefer the fuzzy purple one and the stripy pink one. I don't know the names though - the many-times-grandparent of the purple one was given to me and the pink one came from Aldi without a name on the label.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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