Pregnant Onion – Plant – POP-589622

Description

White gossamer is a trailing evergreen plant with silvery green leaves densely covered in silky white fibers.Growing Tradescantia is easy and you will find the plants to be quite resilient. Tradescantia typically grow in moist, well-drained and acidic soil. Tradescantia plants do best in partial shade but will do equally well in sunny areas as long as the soil is kept moist.Plant Specifications

Plant Height
6 inch (15 cm)

Plant Spread
4 inch (10 cm)

*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%

Common Name
White Gossamer Plant, Cobweb Spiderwort, Hairy Wandering Jew,White Velvet,False onion, False sea onion, German onion, Falsche meerzwiebel,Ornithogalum caudatum

Maximum Reachable Height
Up to 30Cm,Pregnant onion is known for growing to a height of approximately 1.00 metres (3.25 feet).

Flower Colour
white

Bloom Time
Blooms appear in these approximate colours: White. Pregnant onion grows as an evergreen and is a flower / houseplant. Being an evergreen plant, it will keep its leaves throughout the year.
This plant tends to bloom in late spring.

Difficulty Level
Easy

Planting and careWhen possible, water in the morning to avoid promoting diseases from night watering.
Pregnant onion is normally quite a low maintenance plant and is normally very easy to grow – great for beginner gardeners!Pregnant Onion careThese plants like to be kept fairly moist, so water regularly, especially if you are growing them in containers.enjoys full sun and remember to apply water fairly sparingly.

Sunlight
Partial sun, Requires shadeenjoys full sun

Watering
Medium and remember to apply water fairly sparingly.

Soil
Sandy soil
Try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 6.1 and 7.8 as Pregnant onion likes to be in weakly acidic soil – weakly alkaline soil.

Temperature
15 to 30 degrees C

Harvest Season
throughout year,Small bulbs will form off the mother bulb, wait until the babies have at least one leaf and inch or two long before removing it to it’s own container.

Pregnant Onion special featureIn summer it produces many dainty three-petaled lavender-pink blooms.Pregnant Onion uses
Ornamental Use:
Used for decorations in homes, shops and offices