2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Herbaceous undersized plant Purslane can be an annoying creeping weed that is difficult to keep track of. The gardener gape a little, and the Purslane is already spreading over the garden bed or flower garden, displacing the neighbors. Or it can be a very decorative decoration of the garden, spreading out with a bright elegant carpet
Rod Portulac
The numerous genus Portulaca is represented in nature by perennial and annual plants. Weeds are perennial, which do not care about anything. They are not afraid of frost, heat, rain, hail, shovel, or hoe. They crawl annoyingly on the surface of the earth, fearlessly winning space from other plants.
Well-groomed decorative species are more finicky. As a rule, they are grown as annuals. Many species belong to succulent plants, storing moisture in their fleshy leaves, and not expecting mercy from nature, which becomes more capricious every year.
Garden purslane
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is ubiquitous and agile. Its fleshy creeping stem easily overcomes obstacles and distances, filling gardens, vegetable gardens, parks and forests. Small ovoid leaves are colored green. The surface of the leaves is glossy. The nature did not endow the leaves of the purslane with a petiole, and therefore they sit directly on the juicy stem, promoting the metabolism in the plant. In the summer, small yellow flowers appear on low-growing bushes, in place of which a seed capsule is formed, which bears the affectionate name "little".
If such an intruder made his way into the garden, it is not so easy to deal with him. The plant is not afraid of ordinary weeding, reviving again and again, like the Phoenix bird. You will have to call on all your peasant quick-wittedness for help in order to emerge victorious from the duel.
You can make friends with Purslane, using leaves and stems for savory salads, as a seasoning for meat dishes, adding to soups. Some nationalities even harvest leaves and stems for future use, pickling and salting them.
The aerial parts of the plant are rich in many substances useful to humans, and therefore have been actively used by traditional healers since ancient times. In particular, the plant has the ability to lower blood sugar levels. The crushed leaves help reduce the inflammation of the bee sting.
Large-flowered purslane
Large-flowered purslane (Portulaca grandiflora), which came to our region from South America, is accustomed to the heat, but frost is not to his taste. Being a perennial plant in his homeland, he turned into an annual, thereby deceiving the Russian winter and adding hassle to his fans.
Due to its short stature (up to 20 cm in height), the purslane is liked by such types of flower beds as rocky hills or rock gardens, and is also used for arranging flower borders that adorn flower beds or garden paths.
Small fleshy leaves of large-flowered Purslane have a cylindrical shape. Having adhered tightly to the juicy stem, they turn the bushes into small Christmas trees, the twigs of which do not prick or hurt, but tickle the hand pleasantly. Leaves are painted green or slightly reddish.
Five delicate petals fused together to form a simple cup-shaped flower. In cloudy weather, petals close, protecting their stamens from heavenly moisture.
Bred varieties with double flowers and all kinds of color of the petals. Having planted different varieties next to each other, you can admire the motley multi-colored carpet, which will contain cream and white, bright orange and yellow, pink and red, purple and bicolor corollas of flowers.
Growing
For abundant flowering, a sunny place is needed; fertile, loose, organic fertilized and well-drained soil; regular watering without stagnant water.
Propagated by sowing seeds (directly into open ground, or through seedlings) or by cuttings.
They are resistant to diseases and pests, but sometimes they succumb to fungi.
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