Purslane: Planting, Care, Medicinal Properties (55 Photos) + Reviews

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Annie Cooper 03/23/2020

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A plant that does not require special care and can survive in conditions of extreme heat and drought is the dream of many gardeners, brought to life. These are exactly the properties that a guest from the American continent, purslane, has. Planting and caring for this ornamental plant will bring only positive emotions due to the abundant beautiful flowering.

Description of the plant

Bright succulent flowers

Purslane is a creeping succulent of the Portulaca family, which came to us from the regions of North and South America. In Europe, the plant was previously used as a vegetable and only in the 9th century - recently by the standards of world history - it became an ornamental garden crop.

The name of the flower comes from the word “portula”, which in Latin means “collar” or “door” and is associated with the shape of the seed pod. In our country, purslane is often called a “rug” because the flowering plant spreads and covers the ground like a carpet.

The flower is perennial, but in temperate climates it is grown as an annual because it cannot survive the winter in open ground. Purslane is able to quickly grow green mass and is resistant to trampling.

The stems are thick and reddish, branching, reaching a height of 20–25 cm. The green leaves are needle-shaped and fleshy. The roots are also branched, shaped like a spindle.

The flowers of the plant are cup-shaped, simple or double, consisting of 5 petals fused together. They look like a tea rose or peony, are located in the branches of the stem one by one or in a group of 3 and open only on clear days under the rays of the sun.

Purslane blooms for a long time: from June 15 to August 30 or even mid-September. The most common colors are white, yellow, red and dark brown.

Each flower blooms and fades in one day , forming a fruit in the form of a spherical multi-seeded capsule with shiny black seeds. If it is not removed, self-seeding will occur. However, this development of events is undesirable: next year, plants from seeds will bloom only in August.

Mr. Summer resident informs: purslane medicinal properties and medicinal uses

The medicinal properties of this plant have been known since ancient times. Previously, it was believed that dandur seeds were able to cleanse the human body of poisons and save them from death in case of any snake bite. There is also information that suggests that a mixture was prepared using the leaves to relieve swelling from the eyes.

Also, a number of historical sources report on the internal use of seed gruel, which was mixed with wine - this is how the Ancient Greeks relieved stomach pain and struggled with discomfort in the bladder area.

In Middle Eastern medicine, purslane was used as a remedy for warts or other skin diseases. Now the plants are recommended for those suffering from mild forms of diabetes.

Site selection

Plants in the garden plot

Purslane is a truly unpretentious flower that grows in nature on rocky, dry soil. The succulent feels good even in poor sandy soils.

Nutritious soil promotes excessive plant growth to the detriment of flowering (it needs to be supplemented with sand), and on peat soil the succulent may not grow at all.

Lowlands where water can stagnate and poorly drained soil are not suitable for the flower - the plant loves dryness. Therefore, it is better to choose elevations not far from the southern wall of garden buildings.

The only thing that is really important to consider when choosing a location for a flower garden is the level of illumination of the area. An open area with diffused soft light is an ideal location for planting heat-resistant purslane. Even light shade can prevent a succulent from blooming.

Further care for purslane

The flower can rightfully be called an unpretentious plant. All he needs is light and warmth. Purslane tolerates drought well, but it needs moisture for lush flowering.

Watering

For purslane, it is enough to moisten the soil once a week. If there is precipitation, watering is postponed until the top layer of soil dries. Water at the root, without getting water on the flowers.

Use only warm water, preferably soft (rain, from a river, pond).

Weeding, loosening

While the purslane bushes are small, the flower garden is regularly weeded, and the soil is loosened after watering. Later, the plants grow and the bushes close together. The need for earthworks disappears.

If rainy weather sets in, it is necessary to loosen the soil around the bushes more often, drying it out. It is useful to arrange grooves around the flower bed to drain excess moisture.

Fertilizers for abundant flowering

Purslane is not fed with anything, since excess nutrients lead to green growth, to the detriment of flowering. To form large bright buds, purslane needs sun and warmth.

Planting in open ground

Planted heat-loving succulent

Seedlings with 10 strong leaves or buds together with a lump of earth are planted in open ground at the end of spring. If you do this earlier, the seedlings will begin to stretch. The plant is very thermophilic, so even a night temperature of +10 degrees can destroy it. The seedling needs to be buried down to the cotyledon leaves.

Experienced gardeners recommend planting succulents from May 20 to 30 in the southern regions, at the beginning of June in the middle zone, and June 10–15 in the Urals. Plants are placed in the ground at a distance of 20 cm from each other, watering abundantly after planting. The succulent begins to bloom within 1.5–2 months after the appearance of the first shoots.

If abnormal frosts occur in the region in late spring, then it is better to cover the flower garden with agrotex or film.

Watering and fertilizing

Annual sprout

It is not recommended to water the flower abundantly and often: it is enough to do this once every 4-5 days. It is best to use settled or melt water for moisturizing. Hard water significantly reduces the percentage of seed germination and the abundance of flowering.

Watering is carried out using a watering can under the root or from above. The succulent easily tolerates prolonged drought and requires more moisture than usual only on hot days.

Excessive moisture along with low air temperature can lead to the appearance of fungal diseases of the plant. If the plant still does not have enough watering, it will react to the lack of water by dropping leaves and exposing the stems.

The soil under the seedlings must be regularly loosened and cleared of weeds until the plant grows and covers the soil with leaves. After this, the flower does not need loosening, weeding or mulching.

additional feeding is required for the unpretentious succulent. If the gardener wishes, you can fertilize the soil with a liquid solution of cow manure or other organic matter, but not more than once per season.

Step-by-step instruction

Proper sowing of seeds consists of a set of important measures that must be carried out in accordance with all the rules.

Containers and soil

For purslane, ordinary garden soil is suitable, to which you need to add a little sand or vermiculite. But it is better if it is breathable and light soil. Therefore, to loosen it, it is recommended to add high-moor peat (the same amount as soil).

Important! Purslane is susceptible to blackleg, so the soil is heated in the oven or microwave for 30 minutes before sowing the seeds.

Purslane is best grown in wide and shallow boxes. However, sowing can also be carried out in individual containers: plastic cassettes, cups, peat pots, or tablets.

Important! There should be drainage holes at the bottom of the container to remove excess moisture and watering, which is carried out through the pan.

Seed preparation

Purslane seeds are first soaked in a solution of growth stimulator Epin or Zircon according to the instructions .

After this, they are strained through thick cotton cloth and allowed to dry.

Interesting! Pre-sowing preparation may not be carried out, but for quick and friendly seedlings, this procedure should not be ignored.

Sowing seedlings

The sowing scheme is simple, even a novice gardener can cope with it:

A 1.5 cm drainage layer is laid on the bottom of the container. You can use perlite, expanded clay, pebbles, and broken brick.
Next, pour the prepared soil, but not to the edges.
Moisten the soil with a spray bottle with soft, clean and warm water.
Lightly compact.
Small seeds are scattered evenly over the surface of the soil. For convenience, they can be mixed with sand.

Sowing option! To the snow. Clean snow is laid out on the ground and purslane seeds are scattered. When the snow melts, the seed will be drawn into the ground.

Spray with warm water from a spray bottle (you can use a solution of growth stimulator Epin, Zircon).
The containers are covered with glass or film.
The name of the crop and the planting date, if necessary, are written on each container.
The containers are left in a bright place with an air temperature of about 25 degrees.

Seedling care

In order for the seedlings to grow healthy and strong, you need to properly care for them:

Before emergence, the film is removed every day for ventilation for 20 minutes and the condensation is wiped off.
After seed germination, the film is removed forever.

Important! With proper care, the first shoots will appear in 4-5 days.

Watch the video! Purslane. sowing purslane seeds. review of seedlings

Picking

Picking is carried out when 2 true leaves appear on the sprouts.

In this case, the same soil is used as for sowing seeds. Picking is carried out in separate plastic cups with drainage holes at the bottom, or in peat pots with a diameter of 5-10 cm.

Picking scheme:

Soil is poured into new containers.
A small depression is made in the center.
Using a plastic spoon or wooden stick, dig up several seedlings with soil.
Transfer the seedlings to the hole.
Carefully fill the hole, lightly tamping it down.
The cups are placed on a tray with water so that the soil is saturated with moisture.

After picking, care for the sprouts in the same way as before this procedure.

Reproduction

Purslane

In nature they reproduce by self-sowing, and in gardening they use 3 methods:

seeds (suitable for southern regions)
seedlings (for temperate climates)
cuttings or dividing the bush (for growing indoors)

Experienced gardeners recommend another way to “relocate” purslane to a new place: after self-seeding the succulent, collect the top layer of soil in the flower garden underneath and move it to a new place, scattering it around the flowerbed. This method allows you to maintain grade.

Seeds

Sprouted succulent

To germinate plant seedlings, small seeds along with disinfected river sand are sown in containers with soil in late February - early March.

Disembarkation is carried out as follows:

Planting material is poured onto moist, loose and light soil, lightly pressed down with a plank.
Spray with water at room temperature
Cover with film or glass and place in a room where the temperature is maintained at least 20 degrees.
The homemade greenhouse is removed and ventilated once a day so that condensation does not form on the soil surface
As the soil dries, moisten it with water.

It is recommended to illuminate the light-loving succulent with a regular lamp (bulb power 40–60 W) or a fluorescent lamp, increasing the daylight hours to 12–14 hours. When the first shoots appear - green, on a strong thick stem, the film or glass is removed, but the seedlings continue to be watered, and the container is moved to the window.

The germination of seeds of terry varieties is lower than that of ordinary varieties, and purchased seeds germinate better than those collected independently.

After the first pair of leaves appears , the seedlings are planted in a larger container at a distance of 4–5 cm from each other. 10–14 days before the day of the intended planting, it is recommended to start hardening the planting material: take it outside during the day, starting from 20 minutes at the very beginning, eventually reaching 4 hours.

Seedlings

Succulent seedlings

When purchasing grown seedlings in cups from a nursery, gardeners are advised to choose small plants without visible signs of rotting.

It is recommended to plant seedlings in open ground early in the morning or late in the evening - this way there is a higher chance that the plant will take root.

Cuttings

Shoots obtained by cuttings

Succulents are propagated by cuttings much less frequently, since for this the mother plant must be stored in a cool room until spring. This is difficult to do due to lack of lighting in winter.

One option is to transplant the purslane from the garden into a pot after flowering and care for it in winter as if it were an ordinary houseplant. In the spring, prepare the cuttings and root them in water.

Rooted shoots and the mother plant itself are planted in open ground after the temperature reaches +25 degrees. The succulent should bloom within 3-4 weeks.

How to propagate purslane

Decorative purslane can be propagated by seeds and cuttings. In regions where winters are warm and summers are long, purslane can produce full seeds and sprout on its own in the spring.

Garden purslane reproduces by self-sowing; you don’t have to do anything special.

Propagation of terry varieties by cuttings

Beautiful hybrid varieties of purslane cannot be propagated by seeds, since they will not pass on the maternal genes, so this purslane is propagated by cuttings:

A piece of a twig 10–15 cm long is cut from the plant.
Lightly dry the cut and remove the leaves at a distance of 2–3 cm from it.
The cuttings are placed in water or wet sand.
In dry and hot weather, you can cover the cutting with a transparent bag or spray the cutting with water.
Place the rooted plants in a bright place.

Usually new roots appear within a few weeks. And they are transplanted several at a time to a permanent place or into seedling pots.

Sowing seeds for seedlings

To get flowering bushes already in June and enjoy their beauty longer, seeds are sown on seedlings in mid-March . Light and warmth (22 degrees and above) are very important for young plants.

Select light soil for seedlings, preferably without adding peat, which reduces seed germination. Therefore, it is better to use turf and leaf soil with the addition of ¼ of washed sand.

If you can’t make your own soil, then buy a ready-made mixture for cacti or succulents

The container for planting is chosen to be wide, with drainage holes. Fine expanded clay or gravel, up to 1 cm high, must be poured onto the bottom of the pot. This is due to the fact that purslane tolerates a lack of moisture more easily than its excess; for proper circulation in the container there must be good drainage.

Sequence of actions for growing seedlings:

Pour the soil into a container and moisten it well with rain or melt water. If this is not the case, then you can use water that has previously settled.
Purslane seeds are small, like a poppy seed; they are sown so that the distance between them is 1 cm, lightly pressing into the soil to a depth of 0.5 cm.
Cover the top of the pot with film and place it in a warm place, with a temperature of at least 22 degrees, but better - 30 degrees. It is advisable for the pot to stand in the light.
If condensation accumulates on the film, you need to ventilate the greenhouse at least once a day.
The first purslane shoots may appear as early as 7 days. Usually purslane emerges together, it is immediately moved to a sunny and warm windowsill, and the film is removed.
Grown seedlings with 1–2 true leaves are planted in individual pots. The soil can be added up to the cotyledon leaves.
To grow strong purslane seedlings, you need to provide them with an abundance of sunlight, warmth and moisture, otherwise they will stretch out. You can add additional light to the seedlings in the morning, in the evening, and in cloudy weather - all day.
Well-growing seedlings require fertilizing at least once a week. At this stage of growth, you can use a universal mineral fertilizer.

Video - how to sow purslane with double flowers for seedlings

Although purslane has good seed germination, there are cases when purchased hybrid terry varieties in bags germinate poorly. To preserve expensively acquired plants, it is better to propagate them in the future by cuttings.

Sowing directly into the ground

In regions with early spring and long summers, you can plant purslane seeds directly into the ground:

Tender purslane shoots can die even with minor frosts, and at +100 air temperatures they already stop growing, so you should not rush into planting and be sure to cover them with film at night.
The bed for purslane is dug up, the top layer of soil is mixed with sand and moistened.
The seeds are mixed with sand and scattered over the surface of the soil and pressed lightly.
Water regularly as the soil dries out (on sunny days 1-2 times a week).
If germination is uneven, grown seedlings with 1–2 true leaves are plucked and planted. The soil can be added up to the cotyledon leaves.
Feed young shoots once a week, after a month - once every 14 days.

Planting seedlings in the ground

Grown seedlings are planted in a permanent place after the threat of return frosts. The air temperature at night should be more than 10 degrees Celsius. In central Russia this is the end of May and the beginning of June, in more northern regions - after June 12, and in the south of Russia - in early May.

Where and in what soil is it better to plant a flower?

Purslane loves the sun. He is not afraid of even the very hot rays of the southern regions. Where other plants burn, purslane blooms with bright colors. Therefore, the best place is the southern slope of alpine hills, along paths, borders or in separate flower beds on the lawn. If you plant purslane in the shade, you may not get flowers, but the chosen flower variety will also have an impact.

Purslane is undemanding to the soil; on well-fertilized soils it grows quickly and occupies a large surface area, but flowering may be weak. To properly care for it, place it in lighter, sandy or even rocky soils where purslane blooms lushly and abundantly .

It is advisable that the purslane is not flooded with rainwater.

Caring for purslane in open ground

In summer, on hot and sunny days, purslane must be watered, preferably 1-2 times a week with warm water. Purslane is undemanding when it comes to feeding, but modern varieties respond very well to mineral fertilizers, which can be applied 2-3 times during the summer.

Very beautiful purslane framing the stones of the path

The first flowers bloom 6–7 weeks after germination. Each flower lives only 1 day, then closes and dies. While the bush is still small, this is noticeable, but when the purslane grows to the state of a dense mat, the flowers constantly bloom in large quantities and it seems that they do not fade at all.

The flower blooms during the day, the bud closes at sunset

How to collect seeds

Since a new bud opens every day, the seeds ripen unevenly. Remove the petals from a pollinated flower and observe the seed pod. About two weeks after pollination, it will turn brown and open, scattering seeds around it. Don't miss this moment if you want to collect them. In autumn, seed ripening takes longer. Collected seeds remain viable for 3 years, but before sowing, your seeds must sit for at least 3–4 months.

Collected seeds from double varieties can produce simple flowers next year. That is why it is better to propagate them by cuttings, taking the best plants for the winter.

How can you preserve purslane in winter?

As a rule, purslane seeds, especially double purslane, are not sown in winter. But in the flower beds where purslane was adorned the previous summer, young shoots can be found in the spring. Usually they grow into plants with simple (non-double) flowers.

At the end of summer, dig up the entire mother plant.
For the winter, put it in a bright and cool place (temperature about 15–18 degrees).
Water periodically and do not feed, which will allow you to preserve and propagate your favorite variety in the spring.
After warming up, cuttings of 5–10 cm are cut from it and, tearing off the lower leaves, they are planted in boxes or pots for rooting.

How to grow purslane in winter

Due to the snowy and frosty winter, purslane does not overwinter in open ground. Particularly valuable specimens can be dug up and transplanted into a pot; at the end of summer, cuttings can be collected from the plant and rooted. In winter, such plants are stored in a bright room at a temperature of +15...+18 degrees, but they can also be placed on a southern windowsill, adding additional light to the purslane in the evenings, then it will continue to bloom until spring, that is, grow like a perennial.

You can dig up your favorite purslane bushes and take them home

Garden purslane reproduces well by self-sowing, so the bed with it is not dug up for the winter.

If purslane does not bloom

The most common reason for lack of flowering is the wrong choice of planting location, with the absence or insufficient sunlight. In this case, the purslane will be frail, the stems will be thin, and flowering may not occur.

The second reason for the lack of flowering is too fertile soil. Purslane grows green mass, it feels good, it fattens and therefore does not produce flowers. If you plan to grow the plant there permanently, you can add sand and small stones before planting and dig it up.

Diseases and pests

Drought and heat tolerant succulent

The plant is characterized by high resistance to diseases, including fungal, bacterial and viral. The only characteristic disease for purslane is the fungus Albugo portulaceae, under the influence of which the stems become deformed and spots form on the leaves. The disease can be overcome by sanitary pruning and subsequent spraying with copper sulfate.

If the rules of care are violated - most often excessive watering - the plant can be affected by rot. The disease affects both aboveground and underground parts: the flower stops growing, the foliage becomes covered with brown spots. You can get rid of rot by treating it with a fungicide solution.

Insects also do not show interest in purslane and do not harm the plant. Rarely, but infection from other plants, for example, aphid larvae, does occur. In this case, the entire flower garden is sprayed with Fitoverm, Actellik, Aktara.

If thrips get onto the purslane from neighboring plants, they can be identified by the appearance of whitish stripes and spots on the leaves and stems. To combat insects, insecticides Karbofos or Fitoverm are used.

Problems with growing

Blooming succulent

Even when growing such an unpretentious and hardy plant as purslane, some gardeners have problems. The main ones are collected in the table.

Problem	Possible reason
The plant produces few flowers or does not bloom at all	A shaded place was chosen for planting, the soil is too fertile; the soil contains peat
The leaves and stems are covered with spots, the plant stops growing	Excessive watering, close groundwater to the soil surface, frequent rains, cloudy weather
Small leaves, elongated shoots	Lack of light (when grown indoors, the situation can be corrected by illumination with phytolamps or fluorescent light)
Deformed shoots	Fungal disease - fungicide treatment required

Features of care

Purslane requires careful care. The lighting should be bright, this is the only way to achieve good flowering. When growing a plant from seeds at home, it is worth giving it a southern window sill. An excellent option is window and balcony boxes.

The temperature should be 20-26 degrees.

Frequent watering is not required. But if the purslane is in boxes, it will have to be watered periodically. No feeding is needed.

Plant after flowering

Yellow purslane

Experienced gardeners recommend removing flowers from shoots immediately after they have bloomed and begun to fade. If you skip this moment and let the flowers dry completely, it will be difficult to see the fruit with seeds.

The box is torn off when it has already turned yellow, but is not yet quite ripe, so that it cracks already in the container or on the paper, and the seeds do not fall into the ground. It is almost impossible to collect the smallest seeds from the surface of the soil - it looks like dust: 50 thousand seeds fit into 1 teaspoon.

If the boxes cannot be collected on time, they can be tied up with gauze bags to prevent the seeds from scattering.

Purslane fruits ripen 2–4 weeks after pollination (the period depends on weather conditions). Freshly harvested seeds acquire germination only the next season, but retain this property for 3–4 years.

The plant does not overwinter in open ground , so after all the flowers and stems have dried, the flower garden can be completely cleared of the plant. Seeds that fall into the ground by self-sowing relieve the gardener from the need for targeted planting next spring.

Home care

Purslane in a pot

Decorative qualities and a long flowering period make purslane one of the desirable plants for growing in an apartment.

When choosing a succulent as a pet, you should consider several features in caring for it:

When replanting purslane, you should not use ordinary universal soil for flowering plants; ready-made soil mixtures contain peat, which makes it difficult for succulent seeds to germinate
You can make suitable soil yourself by mixing garden soil with river sand in a ratio of 4 to 1. The mixture must first be disinfected by calcining it in the oven or treating it with steam. The soil should be placed in the pot for drainage in the form of expanded clay or pebbles.
The succulent does not need to be sprayed, the optimal air humidity for the plant is 50%, but dry air near heating devices is dangerous
The flower will best endure summer in the fresh air, and winter on a glazed balcony or loggia.
At home, at high temperatures and sufficient lighting, the plant can bloom in winter, but very modestly. It is preferable to let the succulent rest in a cool room.

Heat-resistant and light-loving purslane is an ideal plant for southern sunny balconies, where it is impossible to grow other ornamental flowering plants. If it is necessary for the loggia to look elegant and bright from the street, then preference is given to hanging varieties.

Annual and perennial purslane

There are both annual and hybrid species that can be grown for more than one year. At home, perennials rarely survive until next year. In the best case, it can be saved until the start of the new season by transplanting it into a pot during the cold weather.

However, some hybrids can do well both indoors and outdoors. In summer they grow outdoors, but in winter they can be safely moved indoors. This one lives for a long time, but it is unlikely to be able to please the eye with lush flowering - annuals are considered not so modest in terms of flowering.

If your goal is to get colorful, luxurious flowers, you should look towards annuals. Of course, it will have to be re-grown at the beginning of each season, but for the sake of appearance, many gardeners are ready to sacrifice their time.

By the way, there is a method that does not involve human intervention: you just need to plant it once and not dig up the soil near it, then the purslane will independently disperse the seeds from year to year. An important point is that this method is only relevant for warm climates, because the plant is considered heat-loving.

Types and varieties

Various colors of purslane

The plant includes more than 100 species, the most common of which are:

grandiflora
garden (medicinal, vegetable)
terry
ampelous

Large-flowered

Succulent varietal mixture

In garden culture, the most common is Purslane grandiflora . This plant is up to 30 cm high with lodging stems, small cylindrical leaves and cup-shaped single flowers up to 7 cm in diameter.

Initially, the species had only red flowers, but as a result of selection, varieties with colors ranging from white and cream to purple were developed.

The most popular varieties are collected in the table:

Variety name	Characteristics
Double Mix	Double multi-colored flowers, varietal mixture
Sanglo	Large flowers that do not close even in the evening or on cloudy days
Air marshmallow	Low-growing variety with large white flowers and double petals
Cream	Hybrid variety with small light beige flowers
Splendence	Bright pink double flowers
Tequila White	A hybrid variety that forms a carpet of foliage up to 35 cm in diameter. Double flowers, up to 5 cm in diameter. Can grow in conditions of high humidity or without watering at all
Cherry	A low-growing variety - the stems reach a height of 10–15 cm, and double flowers of bright cherry color have a diameter of 5 cm
Princely rug	Double flowers white, red or orange
Royal	The flowers are simple, but large, of various shades

The following varieties can be distinguished separately:

Sonya A mixture of multi-colored flowers with simple petals. The stems reach 15 cm in length. Resistant to heat and drought, blooms profusely and for a long time. Ideal for decorating southern slopes and alpine hills

Pun Multicolor mixture of double and semi-double flowers with a diameter of 4 cm

Scheherazade Large-flowered mixture with simple bright flowers 4–5 cm in diameter. Blooms in July. The stems reach 15 cm in length, but quickly cover the entire soil nearby like a “rug.” Flowers open only in sunny weather

Garden

Garden variety flowers

Garden purslane - another name for medicinal or vegetable - is an annual that in nature grows in groups along roads, in gullies, ravines and on rocky paths. In terms of ease and speed of reproduction, this species is similar to a weed. Often it is precisely as a weed that domestic gardeners perceive it.

It blooms with small pale yellow flowers; its leaves and shoots contain many valuable trace elements and minerals.

Garden purslane seeds are sown between May 20 and June 10 directly into the soil with pre-formed grooves to a depth of slightly less than 1 cm. A distance of 50 cm must be left between the rows, and after the seedlings have germinated, thin them out, leaving the strongest shoots in increments of 10 –15 cm.

In Ancient Greece, succulents were used as a wound-healing, disinfectant and sedative.

Endowed with healing properties, its fresh leaves and stems are used in alternative medicine, home cosmetology and cooking.

Used to treat:

dermatological diseases
scurvy
helminthic infection of the body
vomiting and nausea
arthritis
ulcers
ophthalmological diseases
weakness and fatigue
decrease in overall body tone
elevated glucose and cholesterol levels

After flowering, the leaves become rough , so without waiting for the plants to dry out, they are completely removed from the soil and new ones are planted.

Young purslane shoots are widely used in cooking for making soups, vitamin-rich salads, and pickling. The succulent tastes like a cross between sorrel and spinach.

Terry

Type Purslane terry

Terry purslane is a groundcover annual that blooms all summer and is valued for the beautiful shape of its perianth petals. Flowers delight gardeners during daylight hours, closing at night.

However, hybrid varieties have already been bred whose flowers remain open throughout the day. It has no special care requirements compared to other varieties.

Ampelny

Ampelous varieties in hanging flower pots

Ampel purslane is a hybrid artificially bred for growing in hanging pots and cache-pots. You can plant it both in the garden or summer cottage, and on the balcony.

It blooms with both simple and double flowers, the leaves are elongated, oval, form a thick cover, the stems are curly and drooping.

Perennial

Perennial variety of succulent

As a result of selection for cultivation in temperate latitudes, perennial purslane hybrids , which grow in a pot in winter and bloom in summer.

The main difference between such a plant and the usual annual is simple, modest inflorescences and not so abundant flowering. At the same time, the main advantage of the hybrid is longevity in one container or container.

Use in food

Purslane leaves stimulate the appetite. They taste tart, spicy, similar to the taste of sorrel and spinach. They are added to salads and also as an independent dish. Boil, stew, marinate. It is also served as a side dish for meat and fish dishes. To do this, boil the leaves and shoots, add garlic, vinegar and vegetable oil. You can simply saute the onions a little in vegetable oil. You can pickle it the same way as cucumbers. The highest content of vitamins C and A is found in the plant before flowering.

Preparing purslane

Contraindications for use. Tendency to convulsions, bradycardia (low pulse), hypertension, nervous tension, diencephalic paroxysms.

Having garden purslane in your summer cottage can diversify your menu and improve your health. And double purslane, large-flowered purslane and other species described above will be able to decorate your site and delight the eye with their beautiful flowers.

Use in landscape design

Purslane among flowering plants

Purslane is widely used in the design of garden beds and alpine slides, beautification of borders and rocky gardens. Combines well with other flowering plants: best planted after early spring flowers: daffodils, tulips, lilies of the valley.

It can grow in individual flowerpots or pots, giving a finished look to a garden or home area, as well as in window boxes. In dry climates, succulents can replace a lawn.

It is considered a good replacement for small-bulbous early flowering plants in mixborders. Purslane looks beautiful in carpet flower beds, on dry slopes and stone retaining walls.

Purslane is a beautiful, delicate flower that even a novice gardener can easily grow. In the flower beds and apartments of experienced gardeners, this heat-loving succulent will delight the eye with abundant, long-lasting flowering.

The nuances of planting a plant in open ground, tips and recommendations for caring for a succulent are collected in the training video: