Top choice for summer flowers: the hotter it gets, the more brilliantly they bloom; beautiful, easy to grow, and flowering continuously through all four seasons
Introduction
Potted green plants are essential accents for home life, beautifying the room while also cultivating the mind and character. Keeping some flowers and plants at home brings many benefits. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1034" introduces you to a flower suitable for growing in summer.
Today's featured plant
Summer weather is hot and not very suitable for growing flowers. Common beautiful flowers such as Lewisia, clematis, and succulents are all well-known for "dying in summer." The flower introduced this time is just the opposite: the hotter the weather, the more brilliantly it blooms, not fearing high temperatures and scorching heat in the least, and its flowering period is extremely long. It is the top choice for summer flowers.
Portulaca grandiflora
The Chinese name of this flower is "Portulaca grandiflora," the same species as the sun flower we usually see, yet not entirely the same. This is the large-flowered variety, bred specifically for horticultural ornamental use, with rich and colorful flower colors, various edged and bi-colored forms, dazzling and eye-catching, with beautiful petals, and it is extremely floriferous and also very easy to grow.
Flowers like peonies
The double-flowered Portulaca grandiflora is very beautiful, with neatly arranged petals, round and full. If you look only at the flowers and not the leaves, it has a certain charm of peony flowers. Because its leaves are like pine needles, Portulaca grandiflora is also called "pine-leaf peony." Its flowering period is very long; under conditions of sufficient light, it can bloom continuously throughout the year.
Super easy to grow
Portulaca grandiflora leaves are like needles, thick and fleshy, storing sufficient moisture. It is essentially a type of succulent, with strong vitality and very simple cultivation. No cuttings are needed; just throw the stems into soil and they will survive, and it will self-sow, with extremely strong reproductive ability. One plant can fill a pot in a year. It is a very easy flower to grow; anyone who has grown it knows.
Top choice for summer flowers
Portulaca grandiflora is a perennial herbaceous plant and is not cold-tolerant. In the north, when planted in the ground it is mostly grown as an annual (it cannot survive the winter); in pots, it can overwinter safely if moved indoors in winter. It is heat-tolerant; the bigger the sun, the more beautiful the flowers. Give it enough light and it will bloom continuously. It can be called the top choice for summer flowers. Plant once and enjoy flowers year after year; it is worth having.