Tradescantia plant named ‘Tough Love’

Abstract

A new hybrid cultivar of Tradescantia , ‘Tough Love’ that is characterized by its very compact plant habit reaching an average of 23 cm in height after two years of growth, its leaves that are held upright to horizontal and straight to arching in aspect, its foliage that is very strong, leathery in texture, and pubescent along the margins and on both surfaces, its pedicels, flower buds, and leaves that are densely pubescent, its flowers that are vivid red-purple in color, its drought tolerance remaining evergreen throughout the summer, and its resistance to rust.

It is claimed: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar of a  Tradescantia  hybrid plant named ‘Tough Love’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.