Lioney is smelling one of my first portulaca or moss rose. I grow these in the front of my house, and I find the other plants are bullies to this one, meaning they will grow right over and on top of these self-seeding annuals, so I have to clear the others away to make room for these lovely flowers. They don’t need a lot of rain (they have these fat leaves that store water), but they do love the sun. Lioney is a Webkinz (do you need me to explain a Webkinz?).
Another view of the portulaca:
Sweet photo. Your soil looks quite sandy. Is it?
Oh, dear, Ilana-Davita. That’s the concrete of our sidewalks that you are seeing. No, our soil is full of clay. In the 18th century, there used to be pottery factories near here.
I grow the portulaca right near the walkways.
Leora, adorable lioney and very pretty protulaca(sp?) Great Weekend Snapshot! 🙂
It really is a lovely flower!
And your comment in my blog gmade me smile!
I have plenty of water photos because I love them too!
Have a good, new week!
I thought it was a rose at first, until I saw the leaves, and then I saw you named it a moss rose! That figures! It’s beautiful!
The cool thing about portulaca is that you can take a small cutting, practically throw it on the dirt, and within a few weeks it will have regenerated into blooming groundcover (low water usage, too).
Alas, those of us in Israel will have to wait until after Rosh haShana.
ALN
ALN, yes, I guess portulaca is mediterranean flower. My friend who taught me about portulaca said the Italians in South Boston love to grow this flower.
I wrote a post about no deadheading during Shmitta. Hard on the little portulaca, as they need to be separated from the bigger plant bullies, as I call them.
Pretty flower and cute to have the Webkinz there. I was got in the way of a preteen trying to get to the Webkinz at the toy store I like to stop in and look. It was madness..
Oooh, that’s really pretty! Love the pic of Lioney smelling the flower. 🙂