Portulaca Grandiflora
Category : Flowering , Outdoor Plants
Description
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 beautiful growing around the stones of a garden path with their mix of beautiful colors of pink, red, yellow, orange, deep lavender, cream and white.
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. They will 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.
Care And Nurture
Lighting
- The plant requires full sun for optimal and efficient growth.
Watering
- Lightly water the plants as their root zone is very shallow
Soil and Fertilizer
- The plants prefers sandy well drained soil
- There is no need for fertilizer with the Portulaca, as it will do fine on its own.
Plant Name: Portulaca Grandiflora
Plant Code: B1158
Plant Specifications