{"id":68111,"date":"2014-02-06T16:43:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=68111"},"modified":"2014-02-06T16:43:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T12:43:09","slug":"setcreasea-pallida-purple-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=68111","title":{"rendered":"Setcreasea pallida &#8216;Purple Heart&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/setcreasea1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68113\" alt=\"setcreasea1\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/setcreasea1.jpg\" width=\"257\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>Botanical Name:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Setcreasea pallida<\/em>\u00a0&#8216;Purple Heart&#8217;set-KREE-see-ah PAL-ih-duh<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taunton.com\/media\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" height=\"1\" \/><strong>Synonyms:<\/strong>\u00a0Setcreasea purpurea &#8216;Purple Heart&#8217;, Tradescantia pallida &#8216;Purpurea&#8217;, T. pallida &#8216;Purple Heart&#8217;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&#8216;Purple Heart&#8217; is a trailing, tender\u00a0perennial with\u00a0purple stems and violet-purple leaves\u00a0that produces pink flowers in summer.\u00a0This plant is mainly grown for its foliage (leaves can reach\u00a07 inches in length); best color is achieved in bright sunlight and a dry, cramped root zone. It is excellent as a groundcover or in containers or hanging baskets. It grows 8-12 inches tall and 16 inches wide.<br \/>\n<strong>Noteworthy characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Foliage may irritate skin.<br \/>\n<strong>Care:<\/strong>\u00a0Provide moist soil in part to full sun.\u00a0Pinch to encourage bushiness and cut back flowering stems after blooming.\u00a0Water moderately and fertilize monthly during active growth.<br \/>\n<strong>Propagation:<\/strong>\u00a0Insert 2- to 3-inch-long stem-tip cuttings in soil mix or water and pot up in soil-based mix.<br \/>\n<strong>Problems:<\/strong>\u00a0Viruses, aphids, spider mites.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/\">\u0531\u0576\u056f\u0561\u056d<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Botanical Name:\u00a0Setcreasea pallida\u00a0&#8216;Purple Heart&#8217;set-KREE-see-ah PAL-ih-duhSynonyms:\u00a0Setcreasea purpurea &#8216;Purple Heart&#8217;, Tradescantia pallida &#8216;Purpurea&#8217;, T. pallida &#8216;Purple Heart&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":68113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,188,212],"tags":[6844,6843],"class_list":["post-68111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-plants","category-weekly-news","tag-purple-heart","tag-setcreasea","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}