Spiderwort

Spiderwort is a North American native Perennial plant named for John Tradescant senior (he died in 1638) a famous English gardener who received the species from Virginia sometime before 1629. The common name Spiderwort (some folks like to use a space spider wort) is presumed to come from the way the flowers hang like spiders from a web off the main stem and "wort" is the Saxon name for ‘plant’. It blooms almost all summer, (with heavy flushes in the early summer and again in the fall) spiderwort requires next to no special care in the garden.