Tradescantia zebrina 'Burgundy' aka 'Purple Joy' is a cultivar of Tradescantia zebrina Bosse. It is native to Mexico. It is a very popular trailing plant. Where not winter hardy, it is commonly grown in hanging baskets or pots as a houseplant. Trailing stems cascade down from a hanging basket. Stems are clad with fleshy, pointed, stem-clasping, oval leaves. Instead of sporting traditional, all deep green to pale green leaves, this cultivar has lovely burgundy foliage with deep purple midribs and strokes of silver along the leaves.
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It is sometimes commonly called inch plant, although that name is usually reserved for Tradescantia fluminensis.
Genus name honors John Tradescant (1570-1638) and his son John Tradescant (1608-1662), botanists and successive gardeners to Charles I of England.
Specific epithet means zebra-striped.
Tradescantia zebrina 'Burgundy' aka 'Purple Joy'
Tradescantia zebrina 'Burgundy' aka 'Purple Joy' is ca. 10 cm tall and comes in a ⌀6 cm pot