Portulaca oleracea
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Portulaca oleracea, Purslane
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Portulaca
Small yellow, stalkless 4-6 petalled flowers which open in the sun and close in the shade. Thick fleshy spoon shaped, mid green leaves. Culinary; a popular salad herb, high in Omega3 fatty acids. One of the main ingredients in fattoush.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H2 (1 to 5C)
• Type: Annual
• Height: 45cm
• Spread: 60cm
Purslane is available to buy online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Sun, Partial Shade
• Soil type: Light Loam, Sand, Free Draining
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Clump
• Flowering colour: Yellow
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: No
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In spring, into prepared plug trays or pots. Sow thinly, cover the seeds with perlite.
• Outdoor Sowing: In mid spring, in a light well-drained soil, lightly shaded site. Thin seedlings to 15cm apart.
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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