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Flower
Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Succulent trailing annual that loves hot, dry spots. Flowers open in the sun.
Recommended uses
- Hanging baskets
- Rock gardens
- Edging
- Plant type
- Annual flower
- Annual / perennial
- Annual
- Evergreen / deciduous
- Evergreen
- Sun
- Full sun
- Shade tolerance
- Low
- Water needs
- Low
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Orange, Pink, Red, White
- Mature height
- 4–8 in
- Mature width
- 1–2 ft
- Maintenance
- Low
- Texas heat tolerance
- High
- Drought tolerance
- High