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Widow's Tears #32502 June 10th, 2005 at 06:04 PM
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OP pcgrav Member Joined: Feb 2005 Cotton Land in the Magnolia St...	HEEEEYYYYY WEEZZIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you know anything about a plant called widow's tears??? I got them mixed in with some daisies from michigan bulb(by mistake I think) and I can't find anything on them now. So far they are growing in a pot on my deck rail but I want to put them in the yard. Can ya help me???? OR anybody else for that matter???

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Re: Widow's Tears #32503 June 10th, 2005 at 10:03 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Is it, Tradescantia's/ Spiderwort's? Are they blue, purple, white or pink?? Tall and kind of whispie!!!??

Re: Widow's Tears #32504 June 10th, 2005 at 11:26 PM
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OP pcgrav Member Joined: Feb 2005 Cotton Land in the Magnolia St...	I googled it and I think that is what I remember the picture looking like. But what I have is still only some leaves sprouting. What conditions do they need to grow well?? Full sun, partial shade, how much water???

Re: Widow's Tears #32505 June 10th, 2005 at 11:33 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Cotton Land in the Magnolia St... pcgrav OP Member
OP pcgrav Member Joined: Feb 2005 Cotton Land in the Magnolia St...	Never mind Weezie, I found some more info on them...

Re: Widow's Tears #32506 June 10th, 2005 at 11:38 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	They're tall, big leaves, grass like and a beautiful little flower comes out the end.... I thought they liked moist conditions.. But are hardy and not picky as far as the soil.. Likes sun

Re: Widow's Tears #32507 June 11th, 2005 at 12:12 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I think Widow's Tears are Commelinantia anomala, also known as dayflowers.

Re: Widow's Tears #32508 June 11th, 2005 at 04:55 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Yeah, you know I Googled "Widow's Tears" and got alot of different plants... The most common one was the Tradescantia's!!!

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