Portulaca oleracea var. aurea
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Portulaca oleracea var. aurea , Purslane Gold
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Portulaca
Small yellow, stalkless 4-6 petalled flowers which open in the sun and close in the shade. Succulent round gold leaves which taste like mangetout. Culinary; excellent in salads.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H2 (1 to 5C)
• Type: Half hardy Annual
• Height: 25cm
• Spread: 25cm
Purslane Gold 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 (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: No
• Container suitability: No
• 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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