Yes, portulaca...should bloom all day long. Loves the full sun and won't be so leggy if given plenty of direct sunlight.

My lawn is environmentally friendly, it was installed as bahia sod when the St. Augustine grass died off. The bahia came with various field "weeds" and I pull out the ones I don't want. One that is a welcome resident is frog fruit which has performed even better than the bahia. It is beloved of bees and butterflies too. Frog fruit is the small green runner with small white flowers. Easy to trim up the edges where it creeps. This is the back yard which is full south facing sunny all day and no irrigation. This is the same location just on the other side with original bahia. You can see bare spots and frog fruit just starting to get a hold bottom right, which I would like to happen. I have used an edger in places to carve up pieces of sod with frog fruit and transplanted in bare spots around the yard. Labor intensive but the only way.I have tried seeding with bahia seed to fill in bare spots but haven't seen anything appear. There are butterfly vendors that sell frog fruit plants but in small sizes. I am happy with my bahia and frog fruit lawn, put in 2 years ago. The other plus is that it has not required mowing in 7 months, no kidding. That was over the winter and very little rain. Going into the summer I expect it will need mowing maybe once a month. Denise

To those I have made pre-trades with, or anyone who has asked for one, please note. I think I remember most of them, but, I'VE HAD A MAJOR EMAIL CRASH, so please email with a reminder? Email is working fine now, just can not find previous emails yet. (Still getting used to a new computer!) This will be my FINAL Updated List. :o) Have These Plants For Trade: Aloe Vera, possibly variegated Alstromeria psittacinaa 'Parrot Lily', red/green Amaranthus 'Love Lies Bleeding' Aptenia cordifolia 'Baby Sun Rose' with pink blooms Bromelaids, Assorted, shade plants Caesalpinia 'Desert Bird of Paradise' Callisia fragrans, large leaf wandering jew relative Cannas (Tall green leaf w/orange flowers, Med green leaf, w/yellow speckled orange/red flowers, Short green leaf, w/red flowers 'Cannon Shot') Clerodendrum bungei, shade plant' Clivia miniata "Kaffir or Natal Lily" (Special Trade) Ferns (Sword & ruffled 'Ladies Petticoat') Four O'Clocks, pink Ghost Plant, succulent with white leaves Giant Bird of Paradise, white blooms Helianthus maximilianii 'Perennial Sunflower' Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, red blooms Kalanchoe tubiflora 'Mother of Thousands' red Liriope 'Big Blue' Monkey Grass Pencil Cactus Red Bird Cactus Root Beer Plant, shade plant Ruellia Tall blue/purple Sedum 'Autumn Joy', small fast grower Spotted Squill, scilla violacea, 'Cape Lily' Sweet Autumn Clematis Vine Tulbaghia violacea 'Society Garlic' Variegated Aspidistra (Special Trade) Variegated Vinca Minor Periwinkle Would Like These Plants: Any plants with strong Lemon Fragrance, except basil Canna, pink flowering Clerodendrum fragrans, aka C. chinense, REALLY WANT Kalanchoe luciae 'Flap Jack Cactus' Maidenhair Fern Patchouli, Pogostemon, REALLY WANT Pineapple Sage Roses, any rooted, no climbers Russian Sage, Perovskia Strawberry Begonia Stevia, REALLY NEED, would even take seeds. Succulents for planting in a strawberry jar, especially 'Jellybeans' Water Lily, any color miniature, REALLY WANT Would Like Seeds For These: Cosmos, Pink/Purples Cypress Vine, White or Pink Lime Basil

If the frog fruit starts up in a bed, I just use that as mother plant and constantly cut off pieces and stick them in the ground elsewhere since it will root with little to no help. Anywhere else it's free to wander. We just mow it where it's in the lawn. But I'm a lot more about gardening for wildlife and using natives than anything else. We have a native grass lawn and don't irrigate it, so it's not a showplace to start with ;-)