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By LUCY COGGIN
Democrat Special Writer
If you weed even a tiny plot of cultivated ground you have probably already pulled out a few seedlings of Virginia Spiderwort (Tradcscantia Virginiana) this season.
Not that they are such pernicious weeds, but the seeds seem to be everywhere, especially in rich, moist soil. The stems are succulent and jointed like those of the closely related Wandering Jew grown as a house plant.
The humble but dependible spiderwort has been grown for hundreds of years as a hardy garden bloomer which persists with little care and flowers even in the sort of dry weather we have had lately.
Several plants grow on the principle cross-street in Middleburg and provide an annual show of startlingly blue of flowers. They grow near a street corner and some parking meters in ordinary soil bordered by concrete. Spiderworts have no reputation as an urban flower, but these clumps perform admirably and
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