Hanging Basket Plants - Portulaca
Portulaca delivers a blast of color and thrives in the heat.
Portulaca on mass in a hanging planter is one of our favorite hanging
basket flowers.
Portulaca is so easy care and will reward you with flowers upon flowers
even if you tend to neglect your hanging planters for a day or two.
The article below gives some useful tips on growing Portulaca in the
garden and/or in a hanging planter. MyHangingBaskets.com shares
helpful information and articles like this to encourage gardening
success. If you pass this along please acknowledge the author N
Winter.
Portulaca
The heat has been absolutely staggering in my region of the country,
and that leads gardeners to look for those types of plants that can take
it, so to speak, and one that has to be considered is the Portulaca.
In recent years the Duet series has been one that has caught
everybody's attention for both the flowers beauty and the plants
perseverance.
Portulaca in Hanging Planters
The name Duet gives you a clue to one reason these have climbed the
popularity charts. They feature two riveting saturated flower colors
that make an immediate wow statement in the garden, in a hanging
planter, a hanging basket, or even tumbling over the rim of container.
 One
of the flashiest has to be Duet Rose N' Yellow Stripe. When you
look at that basket of color, it's a real mood-changer. You'll feel
happy, like it's the weekend - maybe even like it is party time.
Describing it is awfully hard. Is it rose with a yellow stripe or yellow
with a rose stripe? The one thing for certain is that it will command
attention from visitors who see the riotous colors hanging from baskets
or those that might drive by your bed and feel the need to screech on
the brakes for a better look. Water, as scarce as a $2 bill, is just
what Portulaca love. They are not water hogs - give them some to get
them established and stand back and watch. You'll find they have little
to no disease pressures in well drained soil.
Making the Most of Your Hanging Planter
of Portulaca
To maximize your hanging planters success and happiness with Duet
Rose n' Yellow Stripe or one of the other varieties, select healthy
transplants and space them 15 to 20 centimeters apart in and position
your planter in full sunlight.
They do not like wet feet, or waterlogged soil – so hanging planters
and hanging baskets are ideal for these plants. Once we get the plants
established in our bed, they are considered among the toughest choices
for being drought-tolerant. They will appreciate a little slow-release
fertilizer every four to six weeks through the growing season.
 Single
Color or Mixed Combinations of Hanging Basket Flowers My favorite way
to use Portulaca, like the Duet series, is to mass plant single flower
colors into your hanging basket or hanging planter.
After all, you are already getting two colors by virtue of their
breeding. A bed mass planted near a street will literally stop traffic.
But for a really long color display that is absolutely stunning, use the
Duet Rose n' Yellow Stripe with blue flowers like the spiky blue
Victoria Blue salvia or planted in a large drift next to a blue
Scaevola.
In containers or hanging baskets this plant can stand alone with
color, or have blue worked in for a dazzling trio of harmony.
 In
university observations, this plant was consistently near the top from
early June through September.
That represents excellent value for your gardening dollar any way you
look at it. It's pretty nice to think that while we are inside enjoying
the comforts of central air, the landscape is giving a party-time
atmosphere. By N Winter More on
Portulaca in Hanging Planters
Garden Squirrels Comments Great article – and yes we highly
recommended the Duet series in hanging baskets and hanging planters.
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MORE HANGING BASKET PLANTS
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PLANT |
LIGHT |
WATER |
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS |
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Tuberous Begonia |
part shade |
keep moist |
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Wax Begonia |
part shade-shade |
Let dry slightly between waterings |
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Brachycome
"Swan River" Daisy |
full sun-part sun |
dry soil to touch |
prefers cool weather |
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Coleus |
shade-part shade |
moist soil |
leaves will discolor if exposed to excessive sun |
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Dusty Miller |
sun-part shade |
let dry slightly between waterings |
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Evolvulus |
full sun |
let dry slightly between waterings |
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Fuchsia
see also. . .
|
filtered sun |
keep moist |
Needs a protected area away from strong wind. Prefers cool
weather |
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Geranium |
sun-part sun |
let dry slightly between waterings |
Deadhead spent flowers, fertilize every two weeks with water
soluable fertilizer |
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Ivy Geranium |
partial sun |
see Geranium |
see Geranium |
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Heliotrope |
partial sun |
moist soil |
Cutting back promotes new flowers |
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Impatiens |
part shade-shade |
moist soil |
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New Guinea Impatiens |
partial sun |
moist soil. In hot, dry conditions, water generously daily |
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Lantana |
sun |
let dry slightly between waterings |
Fertilize heavy. Cut back to promote new growth and flowers |
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Lobelia |
Sun to shade |
moist soil |
Prefers cool weather |
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Pansies |
Sun to shade |
moist soil |
Prefers cool weather |
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Petunia |
Full sun |
Let dry between
waterings |
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Portulaca |
full sun |
prefers dry soil |
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Scaevola |
sun-part sun |
let dry slightly between waterings |
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Strawflowers |
sun-part sun |
let dry slightly between waterings |
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