Tinantia pringlei 'Variegata'

Tinantia pringlei 'Variegata' is a variegated Commelinaceae with dark sprinkles on top and occasional cream-white stripes that appear.

This charming variety is an excellent ground cover with a creeping habit, rooting at the nodes.

Its flowers are a slightly lighter blue than the typical variety.

The leaves are olive green, irregularly striped with light cream and green, and consistently splashed with purple. The stripes are irregular, appearing when the plant appears to be settled and certain of the environment - but a change in the wind can make them disappear! If the variegation disappears, cutting them back seems to produce new variegation about 50-60% of the time.

Our plants have been grown outside so they are well adapted to the temperate climate and can live outside without any problem.

This plant can live in many parts of the garden - in light shade, in the sun, in dry or fresh soil.

Just know that these are deciduous plants - after the first frost, she will drop all her leaves and wilt downwards.

But fear not!

She will always regrow from the base after frost, and also self-seeds spontaneously.