Calandrinia Umbellata Amaranth Rock Purslane Summer Flower
ROCK PURSLANE
Calandrinia does best in a warm and dry position where it will open its wonderful magenta flowers that grow to about 1/4 in wide. They open one after another over a long period between June and September. In poor soil, the small plants remain nicely compact and grow to a height of about 4-6 in. In richer soil, their growth is thinner and the lovely greyish-green of the swollen leaves will, for the most part, change to green.
Sow indoors in March-April at a temperature of about 64 °F and do not put the plants out-of-doors until the end of May. They will flower from early July until well into September.
