Portulaca, 10 O Clock (Sunrise) – Plant – POC-105063

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

Sr
Item name

1
Portulaca, 10 O Clock (Sunrise) – Plant

2
5 inch (13 cm) Grower Round Plastic Pot (Black)

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.Plant Specifications

Plant Height
6 inch (15 cm)

Plant Spread
4 inch (10 cm)

*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%

Common Name
Moss rose, Pigweed, Purslane

Maximum Reachable Height
Up to 30-40 cm tall, spread up to 1 foot.

Flower Colour
varies

Bloom Time
Summer season

Difficulty Level
Easy to grow

Planting and careWater 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.Fertilize portacula every other week, using a liquid fertilizer with a balanced ratio such as 20-20-20. Alternatively, apply a balanced, slow-release fertilizer in midsummer.Pinch off wilted blooms to prevent the plant from self-seeding. Check portulaca often for aphids, tiny, green insects that gather on the undersides of the leaves or at the joints of the stems and leaves. Portulaca 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 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.

Sunlight
Full sunlight

Watering
When they are watered just a light watering will do as their root zone is very shallow.

Soil
Prefer sandy well drained soils.

Temperature
The plants can also be started indoor at 70 to 85F (21 to 29C).

Fertilizer
There s no need for fertilizer with the portulaca, as it will do fine on its own.

Portulaca special feature
Moss rose is a beautiful, bright coloured, low growing annual that blooms all summer long with little or no care required.It is one of very few annual succulents.
Portulaca uses

Ornamental Use:

Plant moss rose in a container or hanging basket and let it spill over like a sedum
Use moss rose as edging at the front of borders or in the cracks in a rock wall, or the spaces between stepping stones

Medicinal Use:

The entire plant is depurative
It is used in the treatment of hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver with ascites, swelling and pain in the pharynx
The fresh juice of the leaves and stems is applied externally as a lotion to snake and insect bites, burns, scalds and eczema

It containsSrItem name1Portulaca, 10 O Clock (Sunrise) – Plant25 inch (13 cm) Grower Round Plastic Pot (Black)