Here in Abita Springs, La. I have never seen this variety of this plant growing anywhere. I acquired it from a catalog about three summer...Read Mores ago and since that time, here is what I've found. When my plant first arrived it was very small as with most plants ordered by mail, and it was just as described in the booklet, however after planting it in a pot, in the dappled shade after some time to grow it all turned to the well known green wandering jew we all know so well. I was devastated of course thinking I probably didn't have it in the right area or kind of dirt or that there was some trick perhaps that I didn't know about to keep the beautiful color. I just let it grow, and grow it did. It overgrew the pot it was in and onto the ground where it quite readily rooted. I could see sporadic variegation in some of the leaves but that was white, not pink. For the first time since planted this winter my plant is of the most beautiful I have ever seen. There is green, pink, and white covering all of it. Now that we are getting into spring it is still just as beautiful. Once the weather becomes hot it will turn to all green once again, but that is something I can now live with knowing this plant has a secret beauty that will emerge again for those willing to wait.
I would say if you have this in full sun move it. If it becomes leggy cut it. If it gets burned in the heat or cold trim it back. But it was originally purchased because you loved it, so pay attention to its needs and it will become exactly what you expected, then there will be little maintenance if any. But whatever you do, don't dig it up, throw it out, or give it away, what a shame it would be to miss out on this glorious splendor. =)
In my zn 5B garden the color is excellent. I notice that most of the negative comments come from gardeners in hot climates, so clearly t...Read Morehis plant likes it cool.
This plant gets about three hours of morning sun and shade the remainder of the day. It retains its color throughout the growing season....Read More However, it dies back completely during the winter here in mid-Missouri and survives the -20 degree F temperatures with leaf mold for protection.
Elizabeth City, NC (Zone 8a) | October 2010 | neutral
i agree w/cam2. what a bummer. as soon as it started to get hot, all the leaves turned green. as of Oct 13th, they are still a solid gree...Read Moren.
pretty disappointed.
I have great lucky growing cuttings in water for friends. The NEW growth gets the pink tinted leaves so it's good to trim it back often!...Read More Mine grows on the deck in a pot: sun to partial shade (not bright mid-day sun) in the PNW. I bring it indoors in the winter (oh, for a heated greenhouse!)
I planted this in late spring and it had one leaf that had some pretty pink variagation on it. That died off and all of the new leaves ar...Read Moree healthy and pretty, but just dark green. One post states that sunshine brought out the pink and another that shade brought out the pink. I want the pink. Are we sure that it is sunshine and not soil acidity or something? Some places in my yard are a little acidic and others are not. I also planted in almost complete shade. Help!
New growth in Spring is marked very prettily, but as the hot weather progresses, is reverts to green and stays that way until Spring agai...Read Moren. It is very invasive here in Houston, but easy to pull.
I cut my plants back every spring when the new growth starts and the pink and ivory markings are very bright on the new growth...I find t...Read Morehis plant likes plenty of light for good leaf color, at least here in the PNW.
Bought this plant in early spring 2005. Had lots of mauve/white markings, very pretty. Was told that it looses variegation in the summe...Read Morer heat and regains it in the spring and fall. Was also told that some shade preserves markings. I chose to plant in full sun and doing great. In my experience, not as vigorous as its cousin purple wandering jew.
changing rating to negative in May 2006 as the plant never regained its pretty variegation when weather cooled down in the fall, thru winter and even this spring. It's just an ugly, ordinary green wandering jew
This plant shows better foliar color in shade than in sun. Plants that had been planted out in sun and had turned green regained their va...Read Moreriegation within a week or so of going back into the shade.
I received this plant, it had varigated leaves when it came to me, but now 6 months down the road, it has no varigation at all. But...Read More growing like the dickens, does anybody know if it has to be a certain age or certain time of the year before it gets the varigated leaves on it.
kathy_ann
Here in Abita Springs, La. I have never seen this variety of this plant growing anywhere. I acquired it from a catalog about three summer...Read More
In my zn 5B garden the color is excellent. I notice that most of the negative comments come from gardeners in hot climates, so clearly t...Read More
This plant gets about three hours of morning sun and shade the remainder of the day. It retains its color throughout the growing season....Read More
i agree w/cam2. what a bummer. as soon as it started to get hot, all the leaves turned green. as of Oct 13th, they are still a solid gree...Read More
I have great lucky growing cuttings in water for friends. The NEW growth gets the pink tinted leaves so it's good to trim it back often!...Read More
I planted this in late spring and it had one leaf that had some pretty pink variagation on it. That died off and all of the new leaves ar...Read More
New growth in Spring is marked very prettily, but as the hot weather progresses, is reverts to green and stays that way until Spring agai...Read More
Very invasive. Impossible to eradicate once it spreads. The leaves are pretty when young but always get brown edges.
I cut my plants back every spring when the new growth starts and the pink and ivory markings are very bright on the new growth...I find t...Read More
Bought this plant in early spring 2005. Had lots of mauve/white markings, very pretty. Was told that it looses variegation in the summe...Read More
This plant shows better foliar color in shade than in sun. Plants that had been planted out in sun and had turned green regained their va...Read More
I received this plant, it had varigated leaves when it came to me, but now 6 months down the road, it has no varigation at all. But...Read More