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
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- purple, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MO, NC, OH, SC, TN