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False dayflower in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Tinantia anomala syn.Tradescantia anomola, Tradescantia texensis

 

False dayflower

Tinantia anomala is an annual herb up to 80 cm tall. Basal leaves have petioles but the stem leaves do not. Flowers are bicolored, white with some blue or lavender. They are scrambling plants, some of which flower in the morning and when the sun is shining. It forms clumps. The flowers are purplish with bilateral symmetry looking like little doll faces with bulging eyes and whitish mouthparts

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plant Features
  • False dayflower likes full sun

    Full sun

  • False dayflower likes very little water

    Very little water

  • False dayflower is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • False dayflower likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

False dayflower

Latin name

Tinantia anomala syn.Tradescantia anomola, Tradescantia texensis

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Commelinaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    False dayflower likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    False dayflower is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    False dayflower likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

  • Water

    False dayflower likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown False dayflower is 0.45meters x 0.60meters 0.45 M 0.60 M

Tinantia anomala syn.Tradescantia anomola, Tradescantia texensis

Tinantia anomala is an annual herb up to 80 cm tall. Basal leaves have petioles but the stem leaves do not. Flowers are bicolored, white with some blue or lavender. They are scrambling plants, some of which flower in the morning and when the sun is shining. It forms clumps. The flowers are purplish with bilateral symmetry looking like little doll faces with bulging eyes and whitish mouthparts


Planting young plants

From Late Autumn TO Mid Spring

Plant out from autumn to spring in any fertile and moist soil in full sunlight. As the plants establish, pinch out regularly to promote bushy growth.

 

Propagation by division.

From Late Autumn TO Early Spring

Divide garden plants between late autumn and early spring. Place two hand forks back-to-back near the middle of the plant. Gently push the handles back and forth so that the prongs gradually tease the plant apart. Repeat the process with each portion to divide the plant into more sections, making sure each section has a healthy bud. Discard the old, woody growth from the centre of the plant. Some fibrous-rooted perennials, form a loose crown of many stems and can be simply pulled apart by hand without damaging the plant. You can also take off separate stems growing at the edge of the plant, just make sure each portion has its own roots.

 
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