Purple Heart or Tradescantia pallida is an easy care houseplant with bright purple leaves and tiny pink flowers in the spring. It can also live outside on a covered porch or in a shaded area of your garden where it will form a dense, tropical looking ground cover (hardy to zone 7 but will die back in frost and grow back each spring, can be evergreen with cover). Inside, the purple heart wants bright, but indirect light, morning sun is ok but protect from harsh afternoon light.