Portulaca grandiflora

PORTULACA grandiflora
Rose Moss, Sun Plant

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Type:
Annual

Height: 4-8" (10-20cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: White, pink, red, yellow, orange, purple

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Caryophyllidae (Pinks Superorder)

Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks Order)

Family: Portulacaceae (Rose Moss Family)

Genus: Portulaca (Rose Moss)

Species: grandiflora (with large flowers)

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Portulaca grandiflora is a short fleshy plant with short, spiky leaves, vaguely like a moss, giving rise to one of its common names. The bright flowers are like small roses with wilting petals. They do well in full sun, and provide a bright splash of ground cover colour in rockeries or containers.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
The seedpod is pointed, immediately on top of the pointed leaves.

Seed
The seeds are tiny black balls. There are many seeds in a pod.

Seedling
The seedling has thin, pointed, fleshyleaves.

Seed sowing and Germination
Spring: Seeds sown inside in spring germinated in 11 days. Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 19 days.

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	Seed Pod The seedpod is pointed, immediately on top of the pointed leaves.
	Seed The seeds are tiny black balls. There are many seeds in a pod.
	Seedling The seedling has thin, pointed, fleshyleaves.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown inside in spring germinated in 11 days. Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 19 days.