6 Purple Heart Cuttings Tradescantia pallida Unrooted Tops for Hanging Baskets & Containers

Product Overview

Receive 6 unrooted top cuttings of Tradescantia pallida, commonly known as Purple Heart or Purple Queen. These plants are prized for their striking deep purple foliage and trailing growth habit, making them ideal for hanging baskets, container gardens, or as ground cover in suitable climates.

Key Features

• Six unrooted top cuttings of Tradescantia pallida
• Bold purple foliage with a trailing or spreading habit
• Fast-growing and easy to propagate in water or soil
• Suitable for containers, hanging pots, or outdoor borders
• Produces small pale pink flowers during summer
• Low-maintenance and drought tolerant once established

Growing Information

Tradescantia pallida thrives in bright indirect light to full sun and prefers well-drained potting mix. Moderate watering is recommended, with the plant tolerating drought conditions once rooted. It grows well as a trailing groundcover or hanging plant and is suitable for USDA zones 8–11. In cooler zones, it can be grown indoors as a vibrant houseplant.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.