Inch plant / wandering dude
Tradescantia zebrina
A tropical houseplant. Prefers bright indirect light. Wants a substrate that drains steadily. As a species it wants water about every 7 days. Mildly toxic if ingested.
Inch plant / wandering dude: how often should you water it?
That’s the interval our references converge on for this species indoors: roughly every 7 days between waterings, adjusted for your light and your season.
What we do and don’t publish
Why we don’t give you a date.
We publish the interval this species usually wants. We don’t publish a date for your plant — nothing here measures it. The interval is a starting point you adjust from what you actually log.
Care cadences
Not established for this species: clean leaves · mist. We’d rather leave them empty than guess.
What’s known about this species
Light
Environment
Soil & pot
Pot with drainage and a general-purpose mix. Trailing; pinch frequently to stay full. Easy from cuttings. Repot annually.
Toxicity
Toxic to cats & dogs (ASPCA): saponins and anthraquinones cause vomiting, lethargy, and GI upset.
A short profile, on purpose
3 of the fields we publish aren’t established for this species in the references we trust. Empty means unknown — not zero, and not a guess.
Suggest a correctionThe species’ year
A typical year for this species in a temperate northern home. It shifts with your light and your latitude — we don’t track your plant’s season, so treat this as rhythm, not schedule.
Verdalia holds the interval, your log moves it. Free to start.
Verdalia publishes species guidance curated from horticultural references. It does not measure your plant — you log what you do, and the intervals adjust to what you log. Suggest a correction