Tradescantia zebrina, or the silver inch plant, is a house plant with unusual, variegated leaves that are green, purple and silver. It has a trailing habit so looks great in a hanging planter or on a shelf.
Tradescantia zebrina is very easy to grow and tolerant of neglect. Native to Mexico, it thrives in warm temperatures and bright light. It can cope with some direct sunshine but generally does better in indirect but bright light. Water freely from spring to summer but allow the top few centimetres of compost to dry out before watering again. There's no need to mist silver inch plant.
To care for your silver inch plant, remove any plain, green leaves, which grow more strongly than the variegated ones (and can be sign that the plant isn't getting enough light). Silver inch plant tends to get spindly with age, but are very easy to propagate from cuttings. Indeed, you may find that entire stems drop from the plant. This is perfectly normal and is the plant's way of propagating itself naturally.