GROUND COVERS

Plant Name:

PORTULACA SINGLE YELLOW

Description:

 

Semi-succulent, mainly erect to trailing annuals, with a few perennials, found in dry, sandy soils in warm-temperate and tropical regions. They have small, fleshy, alternate to sometimes opposite, flat to cylindrical, almost moss-like leaves, which are variable in color. Grown as annuals in a sunny, dry border or bank, or in a window-box or other container. They are grown for their showy, cup-shaped, rose-like 4 to 7 petaled scarlet, carmine, purple, yellow, pink, apricot, or white flowers.

SYNOPSIS
Mature Size / Form   15cm / Trailing
Foliage Color Reddish / Yellow
Growth Rate Fast
Sunlight tolerance High
Wind tolerance High
Salinity tolerance Low
Drought tolerance High
Family name PORTULACACEAE