
Spiderwort
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Spiderwort".
Oct 27, 2026
Plant RX: How to Haunt Your House with Plants
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15:56Marcos GarciaHOST
okay so these very wispy modified spines um it looks like a little bit like a ghost almost um i i'm a really big fan of that and i'm not usually like a big cactus guy same uh but that one stands out to me
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16:14Justin HancockHOST
There's a Tradescantia, Tradescantia silamontana, that has some fuzziness to it.
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16:21Justin HancockHOST
Some people call it cobweb Tradescantia.
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16:24Justin HancockHOST
So that's kind of fun too.
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16:26Marcos GarciaHOST
Yeah.
FPGH 249: Top 10 Best Foliage Plants
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48:01MarleneHOST
All right.
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48:02MarleneHOST
My next one is Tradescantia palida, but the purple heart one because it has completely purple foliage that stays purple forever.
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48:14MarleneHOST
All summer long.
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48:17MarleneHOST
And it's a super easy plant to grow.
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48:20MarleneHOST
So Tradescantia is what a wandering dude now we're calling them.
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48:24BruceHOST
A wandering dude,
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48:26MarleneHOST
yes.
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49:54BruceHOST
Maybe Myron Hallowitz was the person who discovered it, and he says, it looks like Moses in the cradle.