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Flower
Moss Rose
Portulaca grandiflora
Needle-leaf succulent with rose-like blooms. Ideal for the hottest, driest beds.
Recommended uses
- Rock gardens
- Edging
- Containers
- 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
- Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, White
- Mature height
- 4–8 in
- Mature width
- 6–12 in
- Maintenance
- Low
- Texas heat tolerance
- High
- Drought tolerance
- High