Purple Heart - Tradescantia pallida - 1L / 14cm / Small

$20.00

Purple Heart is an easy-care plant you'll love. Hardy enough for outdoors in frost-free areas and flowers throughout summer. If you like the bold purple tones on the leaves, you'll love the undersides even more.

Ideal for Beginner plant keepers or beyond.

Light Requirements: Bright Indirect Light is ideal, tolerates partial sun and a range of lower light levels.

Moisture & Soil Requirements: A semi-succulent so this plant prefers occasional watering and periods where it partially dries out. Use soil with good drainage - never let it get soggy. Reduce watering frequency in winter but provide lightly moist soil.

Growth & Nutrients: Forms upright clumps. Suits apartments or homes of any size. Feed with only small amounts of general-purpose fertiliser for containers from the start of spring each year to autumn when growth slows down.

Temperature, Humidity & Ambient requirements: Prefers warm environments inside, grows well in a range of humidity. Can grow in sheltered outdoor situations in warmer parts of NZ.

Toxicity: Toxic to pets and people. Don't chomp down on this ever.

Plant Size Guide

The plant in the photos is an example and an approximate guide only however we try to show an average sized example. Sizes, flowering state and colours change throughout the seasons and variation will occur. In summer & autumn, plants are often larger or the same size as than the example picture but around winter and spring, they can be a little smaller but still at a size similar to the example. We aim to update the pictures to reflect significant differences.

Plant Heights - because the plant's foliage must fit inside our Plant Cartons, the actual height of a plant's central trunk (meristem) will be shorter than the box it fits in.

Small Plants - 14cm wide nursery pot - 1 Litre volume - Plants fit in a 50cm tall box.

Medium Plants -  17cm wide pots either 2L hanging pot or 2.5L nursery pot - Plants fit in a 75cm tall box.

Large Plants - 25cm wide pot, 10L volume. Plants fit in a 100cm tall box.

XL Plants - Plants over 100cm tall in pot sizes specified, 25cm/10L or greater and are hand delivered within Auckland/Northland only.

Dispatch Times

Plant courier orders are processed Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.

North Island orders are targeted overnight delivery, South Island orders are sent on a 2-day target but these are not a guaranteed delivery timeframe.

Add 1 extra day after a public holiday as well as for rural addresses or remote towns.

Monday - We send orders placed on previous Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

Tuesday - We send Weekend orders from previous Saturday & Sunday.

Wednesday - We send orders placed from Monday & Tuesday.

XL Plants are delivered only within urban Auckland & Whangarei and this service is for non-urgent orders. This excludes satellite destinations such as Beachlands, Pukekohe, Piha, Helensville etc and Whangarei Heads. We may deliver at any time Sunday, Monday, Wednesday or Thursday in Auckland and you need to have a sheltered accessible position for us to deliver to.

Plants in Transit

Each Small, Medium & Large plant is individually contained within its own protective cardboard Plant Carton which may be joined to other cartons in your order.

Plants typically take just a day or two to arrive, however they are usually fine in their cartons for 1-2 weeks, and many can go longer, so a few extra days are not usually cause for concern.

Whether it takes 1 or 7 days, let your plant recover from its journey by placing in gentle light and adding a little water and it will be back to its best within a couple of days. Let us know if there are any major issues via the contact page.

Customer Reviews

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Jess
Beautiful

I love my gorgeous Purple Heart got a phone call to tell me it was actually 14cm not 17cm and was asked if I still wanted it. My purple heart has already grown bigger since I got it and given me heaps of flowers and new leaves. Obsessed with it. Great customer service and fast shipping with no damage to the plants and not heaps of tape thank god. Will definitely buy from this amazing company again.

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Jo
Love this plant

Such a gorgeous colour and is flowering already!

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Charlotte N.

Purple Heart - Tradescantia pallida - 1L / 14cm / Small

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Amanda R.

Absolutely impressed with this plant, very good size too

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Tania M.
Purple heart

Arrived in awesome condition, larger than expected as it was described as small so I was impressed. Beautiful colour & it flowered the next day! Love it!!

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Rach.B
💖Love the plants 💕

I recieved a texted message saying purple heart was a bit scruffy to send and more will be available soon I could of got a refund or they exchange for somethink else new plant beginner changed it and I got this beautiful Hoya Australis plant I love along with a stunning Cordyline I love them both will be buying more and great packaging 💖

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Based on 6 reviews
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Jess
Beautiful

I love my gorgeous Purple Heart got a phone call to tell me it was actually 14cm not 17cm and was asked if I still wanted it. My purple heart has already grown bigger since I got it and given me heaps of flowers and new leaves. Obsessed with it. Great customer service and fast shipping with no damage to the plants and not heaps of tape thank god. Will definitely buy from this amazing company again.

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Jo
Love this plant

Such a gorgeous colour and is flowering already!

C
Charlotte N.

Purple Heart - Tradescantia pallida - 1L / 14cm / Small

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Amanda R.

Absolutely impressed with this plant, very good size too

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Tania M.
Purple heart

Arrived in awesome condition, larger than expected as it was described as small so I was impressed. Beautiful colour & it flowered the next day! Love it!!

R
Rach.B
💖Love the plants 💕

I recieved a texted message saying purple heart was a bit scruffy to send and more will be available soon I could of got a refund or they exchange for somethink else new plant beginner changed it and I got this beautiful Hoya Australis plant I love along with a stunning Cordyline I love them both will be buying more and great packaging 💖

Customer Reviews

Based on 6 reviews
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(6)
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J
Jess
Beautiful

I love my gorgeous Purple Heart got a phone call to tell me it was actually 14cm not 17cm and was asked if I still wanted it. My purple heart has already grown bigger since I got it and given me heaps of flowers and new leaves. Obsessed with it. Great customer service and fast shipping with no damage to the plants and not heaps of tape thank god. Will definitely buy from this amazing company again.

J
Jo
Love this plant

Such a gorgeous colour and is flowering already!

C
Charlotte N.

Purple Heart - Tradescantia pallida - 1L / 14cm / Small

A
Amanda R.

Absolutely impressed with this plant, very good size too

T
Tania M.
Purple heart

Arrived in awesome condition, larger than expected as it was described as small so I was impressed. Beautiful colour & it flowered the next day! Love it!!

R
Rach.B
💖Love the plants 💕

I recieved a texted message saying purple heart was a bit scruffy to send and more will be available soon I could of got a refund or they exchange for somethink else new plant beginner changed it and I got this beautiful Hoya Australis plant I love along with a stunning Cordyline I love them both will be buying more and great packaging 💖

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Shipped Safely

We made custom Plant Cartons to ensure a snug fit and safe trip to your home. Plants are secured upright to the base of their own individual protective packaging & their pot & soil is securely wrapped in a biodegradable bag.