Introduce yourself!

Avery

Welcome to the new forum! I'll get us started with an introductions thread. 🙂

I'm Avery (they/them), I run the Tradescantia Hub and this forum. I live in the temperate rainforest of west Wales, UK. I have a collection of mostly Tradescantia cultivars, plus some other Commelinaceae bits and pieces. Some of them grow indoors under artificial light, some of them in a sunny conservatory, and some go outside for the summer. I just finished my spring repot so everything is looking neat and tidy, which I'm sure will last about five minutes. 😃 Other than plants I also like sewing, knitting, and generally making stuff - including co-running my local makerspace.

BreeHarrisonBreeZerker

Hi Avery 👋🏼

I'm Bree aka BreeZerker (rollerderby name)

I love all commelinaceae, mine live outside in Texas, some get restarted everyday from cuttings for winter months in the greenhouse. Pallida are my favorites just because they grow so well here.

I also love rollerderby, pro wrestling and Boston Terriers.

I'm fully disabled, mostly homebound so some days I'm online a lot and some days not at all.

I try to help where I can but know things happen different in everyone's gardens.

JenelleMVigil

Hello everyone,

I am Jenelle, better known to most by my Facebook name LeviMarie. I live in the United States in a small town in northern New Mexico. I keep my collection indoors and do not use grow lights as my plants live in a sunroom and greenhouse attached to our home.

I’m very excited to be a part of this community and love talk plants.

Keri-AnneLawton

Hi everyone!

I’m Keri-Anne from an acreage outside the tiny little hamlet of Hays, Alberta, Canada. I love gardening in general but I am particularly fond of Tradescantia. In 2008, my husband and I honeymooned in the UK and for my birthday, he took me to the Garden Museum in London (Lambeth) what is, I discovered the burial plaque for John Tradescant (oh and surprisedly William Blythe.) So I started researching Tradescantia and was happy to find that the garden centre I worked at sold a lot of different varieties. While I don’t really have a favourite, I am currently enjoying my Nanouk that is flowering and waiting patiently for my perennial “Sweet Kate” to start growing outside.

As you can guess I love history and belong to a medieval recreation group where I’ve taught more than one class on gardening and Italian Renaissance garden design.

Look forward to all the wonderful conversations.