Tradescantia zebrina 'Burgundy'
Common names: Purple passion, Paars joy
Tradescantia zebrina 'Burgundy' is a very colorful cultivar. Its colors change from burgundy to purple depending on the light.
Tradescantia zebrina 'Danny Lee'
Another name: Tradescantia zebrina 'HappiLee'
Currently, the most desirable zebrina in Poland. It looks like a combination of Tradescantia zebrina 'Quadricolor' and Tradescantia zebrina 'Discolor Multicolor'.
Tradescantia zebrina 'Deep Purple'
Tradescantia zebrina 'Deep Purple' is very similar to Tradescantia zebrina 'Burgundy'. At the moment it is not fully known whether they are two different cultivars, or what we consider to be 'Deep Purple' is a different coloration of 'Burgundy'.
Tradescantia zebrina 'Discolor Multicolor'
Common name: Tradescantia zebrina Yellow Tiger
Probably the most colorful zebrina. Some might confuse it with 'Quadricolor', but it has a more intense coloration of the leaves.
Important information - 'Discolor Multicolor' does not revert permanently. Under optimal conditions, new leaves and offshoots should be more and more colored.
Tradescantia zebrina 'Flame Dance'
Another name: Tradescantia zebrina 'Mme Lequesne'
A cultivar with oblong leaves and little or no silver stripes.
Tradescantia zebrina 'Quadricolor'
It is the most wanted and one of the most colorful zebrinas. As the name suggests, its leaves have 4 colors: green, cream, purple and silver.
Tradescantia zebrina 'Silver Plus'
Another name: Trardescantia zebrina 'Violet Hill',
Common names: Violet Hill, Pink Joy, Silver Sicilian
Probably the most popular cultivar of tradescantia. It is available in many stores and florists. Unfortunately, it is often sold under different names (you can read more about common names <<here>>).
The cultivar 'Silver Plus' is characterized by wide stripes of a silver color on the leaves. With a small amount of light, the leaves are green (similar to 'Discolor'). With a lot of light, green turns into dark purple, while at very high light intensity, 'Silver Plus' becomes burgundy (last photo).
Tradescantia zebrina 'Tikal'
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the 'Tikal' cultivar. Mainly due to the virus that every plant of this cultivar has (all plants of this cultivar are probably from one plant that is infected with virus). Unfortunately, there is still no medicine for viruses in plants. Little is known about this virus, so people who want to buy it should consider whether they can provide it with the right conditions. And people who have this plant should be especially careful not to infect other plants. The virus is inactive at higher temperatures. This does not mean that the plant is healthy, it just looks better.
