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Webmaster Spiderwort - Bare Root Plant

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Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Until then it can look lifeless, so you won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether it will grow.

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About the Product

Webmaster has warm purple flowers with a soft lilac edge, the color shading so smoothly it looks airbrushed. At about 2 inches wide, the blooms are large for a spiderwort, and they keep coming over a long season.

Its glaucous blue-green leaves form a polished, compact clump that looks good all season. It grows in sun or shade and is a nice fit for borders, woodland edges and rain gardens.

What it looks like

Triangular, three-petaled flowers about 2 inches wide, warm purple in the center of each petal blending to a soft lilac edge, with fuzzy filaments and yellow-tipped stamens at the center, opening from bud clusters at the stem tips. Leaves are narrow, arching and grass-like with a glaucous blue-green, waxy finish. The plant forms a polished, compact clump 18 to 20 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide. At peak it looks like a blue-green mound dotted with two-tone purple and lilac triangles.

Growing it with lavender

Spiderwort prefers richer, moister soil than lavender, so plant it in a rain garden, near a downspout or in a partly shaded border rather than in the dry lavender bed.

Care

Grow in full sun to shade in average to fertile soil with regular moisture; it tolerates damp spots. Hardy in zones 3-9; if the foliage flops or looks tired in midsummer, cut it back by half to get a fresh flush of leaves and flowers.

At a glance

  • Botanical name: Tradescantia
  • Flower color: Warm purple with a soft lilac edge
  • Foliage: Glaucous blue-green
  • Growth habit: Clump of arching, grass-like leaves
  • Mature size: 18–20 in tall × 18–24 in wide
  • USDA hardiness zones: 3–9
  • Light: full sun, part sun to part shade, full shade
  • Bloom start: Early-June
  • Peak bloom: Late-June
  • Bloom pattern: Long Blooming
  • Deer resistance: Moderately resistant
  • Pollinator value: Good

Sizes and shipping

Dormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.

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Mature height
20.0 in
Mature spread
24.0 in
Bloom
Early-June – peak Late-June
Fragrance
None
Deer
Moderately resistant

Lavender companion · grow guide

How to grow Webmaster

Spiderwort · Tradescantia

Plant spiderwort in sun to part shade in average to moist soil. It blooms for weeks in early summer; cut it back after flowering to keep it tidy and get a second flush.

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Webmaster
  • Part sunLight
  • Steady waterMoist drainage
  • pH 6.0–8.0Soil
  • Zones 3a–9bHardiness
  • 20″ tall24″ wide
  • Some resistanceDeer · rabbits some resistance
  • Mildly toxicPets
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Hardy in zones 3a–9b

Spring or early fall.

Dormant bare-root spiderwort as it arrives, laid on burlap

When it arrives

Your bare-root plant

Arrives as a clump of fleshy, stringy roots with small shoots or buds at the top. Plant right away with the buds at soil level.

Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Bare root ships March–May while dormant, with little or no top growth, and it can look lifeless until then. That’s normal. Grassy shoots come up in early to mid spring. Flowers open each morning from late spring into midsummer. Foliage often gets ragged in summer heat; cut it back and it regrows.

You won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether a dormant plant will grow.

When to plant

Spring or early fall.

How deep

Set the crown level with the soil surface.

Spacing

18–24 inches.

Soil

Clay, loam or sand · pH 6.0–8.0

Fix-it tip: Adaptable. Add compost to sandy soil to hold moisture.

Sun

Part sun (tolerates full sun with moisture; part shade).

Golden-leaved types scorch in hot afternoon sun.

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New growth

Don’t give up on it

Is it alive? What spring looks like

Grassy shoots come up in early to mid spring. Flowers open each morning from late spring into midsummer. Foliage often gets ragged in summer heat; cut it back and it regrows.

Care details are written for the whole spiderwort group; a few are our best general guidance rather than cultivar-specific testing.

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