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Related: About this forumOne of the hanging baskets on my balcony has purple jew in it.
Jew makes the most lovely little blooms. Tiny things, only a few mm across and caught early are perfect.
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Then I thought, hmm, I haven't used my misting sprayer in awhile, so I shot it again with 'morning dew' on it.
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I went through a period that had dew on everything and then I sort of forgot that I had a mister. With me it seems either/or.
The first has a wonderful contrast in textures between the leaf and bloom, the second the fresh coolness of a recent rain. I like 'em both but YMMV.
FM123
(10,053 posts)Btw, congrats on your 9000th post!
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)jkirch
(256 posts)I'd go for the dry one for the detail on the leaf.
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)that sit on top of the surface. It does on the bloom but the leaf absorbs it and fills in the texture. PO-TAY-TOE, PO-TA-TOE.
msongs
(67,409 posts)flamin lib
(14,559 posts)Wandering Jew, Walking Jew. Comes in two colors; green and purple. Named so for it's propensity to trail and sometimes show up in places away from the planting. Branches broken off will root wherever they fall if they contact bare earth. Was told the name came from the biblical story of Moses wandering in the wilderness.
I certainly did not intend any offense. But I've stepped on own shoelaces before . . .
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)I do prefer the first one, though. The textures show up more vividly without the drops.
But still, they are both nicely done!
elleng
(130,927 posts)Tradescantia pallida is a species of spiderwort more commonly known as wandering jew or walking jew, a name it shares with the closely related species T. fluminensis and T. zebrina. Other common names include purple secretia, purple-heart, and purple queen. It is native to the Gulf Coast region of eastern Mexico.
The Latin specific epithet pallida means "pale".[6] The common name "wandering jew" may refer to a widespread myth of medieval origin.
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