Scientific Name : Portulaca grandiflora
Common Name : Moss Rose, Purslane
Blooming Season : Late Spring, Summer
Plant Habit : Mounded
Spacing : 10 - 14" (25 - 36cm)
Height : 8 - 10" (20 - 25cm)
Width : 10 - 12" (25 - 30cm)
Exposure : Sun
Grower Information :
Seed supplied as: Raw, Multi-Seed Pellets.
Plug crop time: 4 to 5 weeks
Transplant to finish: 5 weeks
- Sow up to 2 weeks earlier than competing bush-type varieties, as Happy Hour is bred to bloom under shorter days than other portulacas – 10.5 hours.
- Tidy, mounded plants are easier to pack and ship, with less breakage than prostrate types.
- Well-branched plants flower uniformly across the series.
- Extra-appealing at retail, with fuller habit and large, double blooms in vivid colours.
