Portulaca grandiflora or Rose Moss is spreading, red-stemmed annual with clusters of cylindrical, fleshy, bright green leaves, to 2.5cm long. In summer, produces single or double, mid- to dark green, satin-textured, rose-pink, red, yellow, or white flowers, to 2.5cm or more across, sometimes striped and flecked in a contrasting colour. ‘Sundance Hybrid’ are semi-trailing, with large, semi-double or double flowers, to 5cm across, in a broad range of bright colours.
Planting and care
Water the plant only when the top of the soil is dry, as portulaca is a drought-tolerant plant that thrives in dry, desert-like soil.
Pinch off wilted blooms to prevent the plant from self-seeding.
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 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.
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