Portulaca Grandiflora Double MX

A truly beautiful low growing ground cover type plant is called the portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), or sometimes known as the sun rose or moss rose

Portulaca flowers are truly beautiful in various garden and landscape settings and have been used to beautify old structures and stone walkways, as they grow well in the old cracks in the structures where winds have deposited just enough soil to support them.

Portulaca flowers are beautiful growing around the stones of a garden path with their mix of beautiful colours of pink, red, yellow, orange, deep lavender, cream and white. Portulaca plants are native to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Portulaca flowers are easy to grow and enjoy.

SEED SPECIFICATIONS: -

SCIENTIFIC NAME- Purslane

COLOR(S)- MIX color

SEED TYPE- Annual

SUN- Full Sun

MOISTURE- Moderate

HEIGHT (IN.)-8-10

BLOOM PERIOD- Summer

SEEDS/LB.-100+

Portulaca Double Mixed Color Care-

·  Portulacas love it hot and dry

·  You can plant them in poor, even sandy, soil

·  They also adapt to average garden conditions

·  Just give them full sun and any well-drained soil

·  Water them after planting and watch them go

·  They ll grow 4 to 8 inches high and spread 6 to 18 inches

·  You don t even have to deadhead

·  If plants get scraggly, you can cut them back

·  Don t fertilize too much; it will encourage plants to produce thick foliage but fewer flowers