Zigzag Spiderwort
Tradescantia subaspera
Zigzag spiderwort is a woodland spiderwort with zigzagging stems and deep blue-violet flowers, blooming well into summer in the moist shade where other spiderworts fade.
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–2.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV
Related native plants
More Tradescantia species
- Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
- Prairie Spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis)
- Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)
- Giant Spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea)
- Hairystem Spiderwort (Tradescantia hirsuticaulis)
- Stalked Spiderwort (Tradescantia pedicellata)