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Posted by Dee on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 6:15 am ADTI had planted Portulaca in my window box.When it came time I put the planter in the garage for the winter.Not knowing much about gardening .In the Spring I put the box back in it's spot at the kitchen window.the plants came back and bloomed beautiful that year.If it is an annual can you tell me why this happened? we movwe and I nolonger have plants outside so I can't say if it is still flowering.
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Posted by peihobby on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 1:10 pm ADTIt is an annual, orginally from Brazil and some varities from southern Europe. However, it may have occurred because your garage wasnt too cold for it or it set seeds in the box. Alot depends on where you live, i've seen annuals, which are not hardy in my area of the world set seeds outside and the following spring somehow the seeds surived and bloomed.
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Posted by Pat on Friday, March 14, 2008 2:10 pm ADTI was told, too that portulaca is an annual but I had plants coming up all over the place the next year. I kept culling them out over a couple more years. They remind me of the wild portulaca that gives me the shudders every time I find a plant in my garden and flower bed. How to get rid of that would be wonderful to know.
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Posted by Darlene on Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:41 pm ADTHalifax, NS reporting in. Portulaca has to be one of the easiest plants to grow from seeds or transplants. They look like beautiful mini roses. After the flower falls off a seed head appears and there are a ton of seeds in each one. If you don't pop them off the wind takes them and yes, you will have plants appear even years later. This is likely what happened - some seeds fell into your flower box and regrew. I've had flowers sprout a couple years later even in the gravel driveway. These are not considered invasive at all. Just easy and beautiful.
