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Outsidepride 5000 Seeds Annual Portulaca Moss Rose Ground Cover Seed Mix for Planting
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Outsidepride 5000 Seeds Annual Portulaca Moss Rose Features
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Moss rose seed mix is an annual flowering plant growing in USDA Zones 4 - 9. It will establish quickly, bloom profusely through the summer months, later dying with the first killing frost. However, if seeds manage to fall to the bare ground beneath, the flowers can regrow the following season.
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Portulacas will produce beautiful, 2 inch, paper like flowers in an array of colors including red, pink, yellow, white, purple & rose. The plants themselves only mature to a height of roughly 3 to 6 inches tall and 12 to 14 inches wide, making it an excellent groundcover plant.
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It makes a great edging plant for the front of a sunny border or grow it in containers and baskets. This mix produces 2 inch, rose-like blooms of intense colors that continue all summer long.
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Moss Rose thrives even in poor, sandy soil and can spread 14 inches establishing itself as an effective groundcover in no time.
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Plant 1000 of these heirloom, non gmo flower seeds to cover approximately 20 square feet when sowing as a ground cover seed.
About Outsidepride 5000 Seeds Annual Portulaca Moss Rose
Portulaca grandiflora is commonly known as Moss Rose. It has a great display of color for such a little ground cover plant! Moss Rose makes a great edging plant for the front of a sunny border or grow it in containers and baskets. This mix produces 1 inch, rose-like blooms of intense colors that continue all summer long. The foliage is thick and succulent. The blooms open during the day and close at night and on cloudy days. Moss Rose thrives even in poor, sandy soil and can spread 14 inches. Start Moss Rose seed indoors 6 – 8 weeks before the expected end of frost season. Press the seed into the soil but do not cover it. Keep seed moist until germination. With a temperature of 70 - 80F, germination normally occurs within 14 days. Space the plants 12 - 15 inches apart. Grow in full sun and in well-drained soil. Moss Rose can withstand heat and drought, but they perform best with an occasional deep watering. Trimming the plants during the summer will tidy their appearance and encourage blooming into fall.
