Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 20 JulyTradescantia cuttings on 21 July, each leaf banded silver either side of a dark midline above and solid magenta beneath, so the trailing stems alternate pink and silver from overhead, one rooting bare with no pot at all and everything beaded from watering.Week of 3 AugustA tradescantia on 5 August, each leaf banded lengthwise green at the center, then broad metallic silver, then a narrow green rim edged fine magenta, the newest still rolled and almost wholly silver-lilac, purple undersides showing where it twists.Week of 28 SeptemberTradescantia on 28 September, one trailing stem drawn out well past the shelf edge and dangling toward the rack below, its newest tip leaves nearly all magenta with barely a trace of silver. Flat tube light overhead, spider web across the upper corner.
