Annuals

Portulaca (Moss Rose) - Live Plant

Zones 10a–11bLive Plant
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A succulent annual that flowers hardest in the spots that cook everything else.
Portulaca (Moss Rose) - Live Plant

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Wade Greens™
Annuals

Portulaca (Moss Rose) - Live Plant

$7.00
Annuals

Portulaca (Moss Rose) - Live Plant

$7.00
Description

Portulaca, moss rose, is built for the places you cannot keep watered - a hot walk edge, a shallow container, the strip beside a driveway. Fleshy needle-like leaves store their own water and the plant covers itself in small rose-like flowers in jewel colours all summer. It wants sun, heat and sharp drainage, and it actively dislikes being fussed over. If you have killed a bedding plant by neglect, this is the one to try next. Offered in 4-Inch Pot, shipped well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.

Specifications
  • Mature size: Under 1 ft tall, spreading
  • Grows best: Outdoors - grown as an annual in zone 8a
  • Pet safety: Not considered pet safe; can cause stomach upset if eaten
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
Care Instructions
  • Light: Full sun - the more the better
  • Water: Sparingly; let it dry out between waterings
  • Soil: Sharply draining, even sandy or poor
  • Feeding: Very little - rich soil gives leaves instead of flowers
Growing Zone

Hardy in zones 10a–11b. It won't take a hard freeze, so north of its range grow it in a pot and bring it in for winter.

Full colour is zones 10a–11b, where this plant is hardy in the ground. Lower 48 shown — that's where we ship. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, via the PRISM Climate Group.

Questions & Answers

How big does it get?
Under 1 ft tall, spreading to about 1 ft.

How much light does it need?
Full sun. It will not flower properly in shade.

Is it safe for pets?
No - it can cause stomach upset if eaten.

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Shipping & Returns

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Low

Water to establish, then only through a real dry spell. Too much water kills these faster than too little.

Mature Size

Under 1 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Containers & Patio · Border & Bed · Groundcover

Traits

  • Heat TolerantKeeps photosynthesizing and holds its flowers through July and August here, when most plants stall out.
  • Drought TolerantDeep or fleshy roots and less leaf surface let it ride out a dry spell once established. Established means a full season in the ground — year one it still needs water.
  • Low MaintenanceNo routine pruning, staking, deadheading or feeding to stay presentable. Not the same as no water in the first season.
  • Long BloomingKeeps setting new buds across the season instead of one flush. Removing spent flowers keeps it making buds rather than seed.
  • Good for ContainersCompact, fibrous roots that tolerate a confined pot. Container soil dries several times faster than a bed, so check it more often than you think you need to.

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