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Mojave® Tangerine Purslane Portulaca oleracea

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
8" 16" 20cm 41cm
Height: 4" - 8"
Spread: 12" - 16"
Height: 10cm - 20cm
Spread: 30cm - 41cm
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  • Details

    4 - 8 Inches
    8 - 10 Inches
    12 - 16 Inches
    10cm - 20cm
    20cm - 25cm
    30cm - 41cm

    Features

    Need more plants that can tolerate extreme heat and drought? Try the Mojave® series of Portulaca. With large, vividly colored flowers that pollinators adore, they bloom non-stop from spring until frost. Mojave® Tangerine shines with large, saturated orange blossoms that don’t fade in the heat and attract pollinating bees and butterflies. Like others in the series, they are self-cleaning so they won’t need to be deadheaded to keep on blooming all season.

    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Long Blooming
    Heat Tolerant
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Drought Tolerant
    Salt Tolerant
    Succulent
    Attracts: 
    Bees
    Butterflies

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    4 - 8 Inches 10cm - 20cm
    Trails Up To: 
    16 Inches 41cm
    Spacing: 
    8 - 10 Inches 20cm - 25cm
    Spread: 
    12 - 16 Inches 30cm - 41cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Orange
    Flower Shade: 
    Tangerine
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounding Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Spiller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Poor Soil
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Edging Plant
    Uses: 
    Groundcover
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    Use in pots, window boxes, baskets and as a ground cover.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    The flowers of Portulaca will close at night and reopen the next day.  They will tolerate dry soils, although they will perform optimally with average moisture.  These are tough plants that will tolerate poor soils and do not need a lot of fertilizer to perform well.  Deadheading is not needed.

    Mojave® Tangerine Portulaca oleracea 'WGPORMT25' USPPAF, Can PBRAF
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