I have a lot of it and the card inside the plant doesn't say,.....
2006-10-17 04:14:50 · 8 answers · asked by bettyboop 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I have it outside in a pretty big planter, do I need to put it in the ground?
2006-10-17 04:51:49 · update #1
Portulaca , also known as moss roses, are annual. that is they die off each year.
However, that being said they do seed quite abundantly. There should be a hardened seed hull at the base of the old blooms. You can crack that open with your fingers and it should be filled with tiny dark brown or black seeds much like you would find on a poppy seed bagel.
These seeds will germinate in the spring, just leave them on the soil, or harvest them if you like to grow your own seedlings in the spring.
2006-10-17 05:05:28 · answer #1 · answered by Buttercup 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Some annuals drop seeds which sprout the next year. I have impatiens and cleome that do that. They seem like perennials since they come back, but it is actually a new plant.
2016-04-04 06:30:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose under natural climatic conditions it is an annual. That being said, I brought a pineapple plant back to the north from Florida, It was planted in soil that I found in the yard there. This summer when I set the pineapple outside for the summer, by and by I discovered a portulaca growing in the pot. I took it in this winter and put it under 6500K grow lights; it is continuing to grow flower and produce seed, evidenced by the hundreds of seedlings sprouting in the pot. It seems to be a P, pilosa. I am waiting to see if it will make it through to summer.
2016-01-11 11:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portulaca is an annual but having said that it will drop its seeds and comes back up in Spring. You could harvest these seeds by gathering the seed pods before they "go to seed."Put them in a paper bag,so they can breath, and then come spring shake the bag and all the seeds will be at the bottom of bag. Now you can put them any where in the garden where you would like more portulaca's. Have fun.
2006-10-18 03:36:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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I have a lot of it and the card inside the plant doesn't say,.....
2015-08-18 22:35:59 · answer #5 · answered by Daina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In New York, zone 4-5 portulaca is an annual... however, I have had it reseed before...
2006-10-17 06:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by bzbee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portulaca is an annual.
2006-10-17 10:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by brl... 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an annual. You can pull up some and winter it over inside your house. It can't take the cold weather.
2006-10-17 06:38:08 · answer #8 · answered by tensnut90_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's an annual, however, the seeds drop and it will regrow new plants next season. Mine reseeded well this year after last year's first planting.
2006-10-17 04:27:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its annual. Go to following web site.
http://www.botany.com/portulaca.html
2006-10-17 04:28:53 · answer #10 · answered by JD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋