Tradescantia ohiensis, Ohio Spiderwort Seed Balls

Attract bees, butterflies, and birds to your backyard with Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis). Forming large attractive clumps up to 3-feet tall, Ohio Spiderwort has an extended bloom of delicate blue flowers that attract small pollinators. Spiderwort flowers best when allowed shade for part of the day. A long-blooming US native wildflower for pollinator and habitat gardens. Used my Native Americans as a tea for digestive ailments and in compresses for bug bites. Plant outdoors Fall. Seeds will germinate when conditions are optimal. In good conditions, flowers appear the second year. DETAILED INFORMATION • A perennial • Native to Central and Eastern US • full sun to part shade and rich, moist • Moderate Water Requirement • Sow Fall, 12-24 inches apart • Zone 3-9 Ohio Spiderwort is native to the following states: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missour