Moss Rose
Portulaca grandiflora
(por-tew-LAK-uh) (por-tew-LAK-uh)
This is a flower that has never been featured here at
Digital Flower Pictures.com. My experience with this plant has been either you
like it or you don’t. I do like it especially when I consider it is a colorful
problem solver than can grow in sometimes almost impossible conditions. It is a
low growing, mat forming annual that can grow in masonry cracks and very hot
and dry conditions. It freely self sows and comes in a mixture of bright
colors, including some striped and spotted types.
Portulaca can grow without regular watering but flowers
better with a little bit of added moisture. It is native to hot and dry areas
of southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina. It does well in the front
of the border, between stepping stones and as a spiller plant in containers.
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