SPIDERWORT

Spiderwort is a perennial wild flower that some folks grow as a cultured plant.  The real name for spiderwort is Tradescantia and in some places it is called Indian Plant. Mine must have been a volunteer from a bird or maybe attached to something I dug up from the woods because I certainly did not plant it on purpose.  In spite of such a peculiar name the plant is really beautiful, especially the dark blue almost purple color flowers.  I noticed them growing in my yard last spring and then low and behold they multiplied and are quite abundant in one of my many flower beds that is mostly in the shade.  It opens up in the morning and then closes when the sun shines on it.  Its leaves are dark green, long, thin, and bladelike and it grows in clumps.  The flowers have three soft petals.  You might find them in the shady to part shady of nearby wooded areas. 

A Spiderwort By Any Other Name Is Still A Spiderwort