LOVE this plant! Not a big fan of Portulaca as a general rule, but this one is just lovely. It isn't hardy here, and it doesn't seem to...Read More self-sow (and even if it did, likely to not come true).
We brought ours in over the winter. Kept it two ways. One, of course was as a "houseplant", which worked ok, under lights, but it did get a bit leggy and thin. Sheared it back to the base when we took it outside and it is filling in nicely.
The other way was to simply cut the whole plant back at the base. We kept the top and discarded the "roots". Trimmed the top part of the plant down a bit, then left it on a shelf in the garage where it gets cool, but not cold, due to heating and got a bit of ambient light. Just left it there, all the leaves fell off and was left with a green stem. In the late winter, stuck the bare stem in soil and it grew away and looked pretty good by the time it could go outside.
Glad we did keep it over the winter as no one locally had it this year...
came back nicely, if slowly, from a very cold (3 freezes) winter. i have it in a concrete pot in partial sun. it's a little more finick...Read Morey than other purslanes i've had.
I bought this as a 1 gallon plant last year at Home Depot, but the tage said it was a moss rose/purslane cross. I Googled that, and never...Read More found any info on it. I planted it on a gravel covered mound, southern exposure with a drip. It thrived and spread, and was beautiful all summer. I was extremely disappointed to not find any seed capsules anywhere, and it died out at the end of the season as soon as it got cold. All my other moss rose reseeded, as well as the purslane, but not this one. Hopefully I can find it again this year, because I really enjoyed having it.
Succulent spoon shaped leaves with brittle, succulent, sprawling stems that can root where the joints touch the ground. Blooms almost co...Read Morentinuously with full sun to part shade, fair to rich soil, moderate watering. Seems to stress out if too dry. Jnana gave me a start of this lovely groundcover for my new yard. Within a few months in full sun, it covered a 4x4 area under a Hibiscus tree. Takes trimming back to about 4" then returning with fresh blooms in a few weeks. Could probably be invasive but very easily controlled. Grows up to around 8" tall.
I used it for filler in a patio container.
Although it is striking on bright sunny days, the whole plant it closes up on cloudy d...Read Moreays and at night. very brittle to handle
LOVE this plant! Not a big fan of Portulaca as a general rule, but this one is just lovely. It isn't hardy here, and it doesn't seem to...Read More
Great in the GA sun, even in containers!
Starts easily from cuttings.
came back nicely, if slowly, from a very cold (3 freezes) winter. i have it in a concrete pot in partial sun. it's a little more finick...Read More
I bought this as a 1 gallon plant last year at Home Depot, but the tage said it was a moss rose/purslane cross. I Googled that, and never...Read More
Succulent spoon shaped leaves with brittle, succulent, sprawling stems that can root where the joints touch the ground. Blooms almost co...Read More
I used it for filler in a patio container.
Although it is striking on bright sunny days, the whole plant it closes up on cloudy d...Read More