My purslane has blossomed.
With a bright, beautiful carpet,
I can't get enough of it
I am this wonderful flower,Silk petals,
They burn brightly in the sun,
They glow like lights
And they rustle in the wind.
Purslane — a flower from my childhood. For as long as I can remember, these bright, delicate flowers have always grown in our garden, everywhere: in the flowerbeds, in the rose garden between the rose bushes, in boxes on the porch, in the cabbage patch in the vegetable garden, on the paths, pushing through the asphalt, and even behind the fence.
They sprouted everywhere, scattering their seeds, quickly entwining the ground with their fleshy stems and needle-like leaves, covering it with a bright green carpet, completely covered with red, crimson, yellow, and white flowers. We affectionately called them rugs.
After moving to Siberia and buying my own dacha, I saw a bag of flowers familiar from childhood in a flower shop and learned that these wonderful flowers are called purslane.
I sowed the seeds in a pot and placed them on the windowsill. Soon, small, stunted shoots appeared. They stretched out, lacking sunlight. The window blew cold air onto them, and the radiator blew dry, hot air. Soon, my shoots perished. It was my first attempt at growing seedlings, and my experiment was a failure.
But I still had my share of rugs. In May, I bought some sturdy purslane seedlings at the market and planted them at my dacha.
Now I have a lot of experience growing different seedlings. I sow purslane seeds in a greenhouse. This photo shows aster and purslane seedlings in boxes:
When the seedlings grow, I transplant them into boxes, pots, and simply into the soil along the path. I fill the boxes with soil from the garden, sometimes adding sand, but there's no need to add humus or other fertilizers. Soil that's too nutritious will inhibit plant growth.
I buy large-flowered, double-flowered purslane—a seed mix. Since the seeds are very small, I don't collect my own.
Sometimes purslane sprouts by self-seeding, but the self-seeding plants do not bloom as profusely as in Almaty.
But in boxes it develops well, blooms profusely and delights me with its silky flowers.
This flower doesn't require much care; it's drought-resistant. I water it when the soil dries out. Overwatering and overwatering will kill the flower; its roots get waterlogged; it doesn't like wet soil at all. So when the rainy season begins, I try to move the boxes under cover.
I have never noticed any pests or diseases, even the annoying small black aphids have never attacked it.
Look at these wonderful, delicate, silky flowers of the purslane.
Purslane is a groundcover plant with bright rose-shaped flowers that can decorate any corner of the garden.