Portulaca oleracea Campino Twist Pink - Purslane

The Portulaca 'Campino Twist Pink' is an annual Purslane that forms a pretty dense clump, with a harmonious habit, covered in small brilliantly bicolored flowers from spring until the end of summer. A small plant with succulent foliage, drought-resistant, it thrives in any well-drained soil, even poor, and only requires sunshine to flourish. This early and floriferous variety, with bright pink flowers striped with pale yellow to white, is perfect for enlivening summer compositions, as well as sunny borders and rockeries.

The Portulaca oleracea 'Campino Twist Pink' belongs to the Portulaca family. Its ancestor, the garden Purslane, is a very common herbaceous annual plant in gardens, especially in hot places and degraded or very compact soil, particularly dry in summer. It is found particularly in the South of France and throughout the Mediterranean basin. The varieties in the 'Campino' series have been selected for their early and prolonged flowering, their original bicolored flowers, as well as their bushy, ramified and harmonious habit.

This 'Twist Pink' Portulaca quickly forms a small dense clump, measuring about 25 cm (10in) in height and 35 cm (14in) in width. The green stems bear small elongated, lanceolate and fleshy leaves, of a bright green hue. The flowering is renewed from May until September. The 2-3 cm (1in) diameter flowers are composed of crumpled silk-like petals. Their colour is a very bright pink, with two pale yellow-tinged white lines on each side. The heart of the flower, red in colour, is occupied by a bouquet of golden yellow stamens. A sunny exposure is required for the corollas to fully open.

Plant the 'Campino Twist Pink' Purslane in rockeries, borders, hanging baskets or pots, alone or in combination with other annual flowers. In large masses or in small accents, this plant, so undemanding and cheerful, will enliven any sunny corner, without requiring much attention. This dense and semi-creeping plant is a good ground cover, to be installed in borders and flower beds in the company of dryland plants, such as dwarf wormwoods, love-in-a-mist, thyme, California poppies, and sedums, for example.

Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, repot and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before being installed outdoors once the risk of frost is definitively eliminated.