6" Tradescantia Red Gem evergreen little leaves of vivid yellow

little leaves of vivid yellow

Add to that some nice red legs (stems)

oval leaves with glowing pale yellow

Peacock is nice on her own or in a Calathea collection with other wild things like herself

the tougher he gets

6" Tradescantia Red Gem evergreen little leaves of vivid yellowThis Tradescantia Red Gem looks really more like dark purple but look at it with the sun shining through the foliage and you'll surely see red. Red Gem also has the racy nickname "dark desire", a nod to that jazzy, deep purple. Two silvery sage stripes line each hairy leaf, growing so closely together you'll never reach bottom. Tradescantias are native to our Americas and a crowd of colorful cultivars have been bred from those wild natives. Red Gem