Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Monarch Butterfly, 0 by BettyFB

BettyFB wrote:
Hi Fly_girl,

I was just getting ready to send you a D-Mail. The garden center where I got that multi colored Portulaca that you and I and a member in Pa. loves too, ---they are not sure if they will carry it next year. I posted it on Plant Identification forum and was told it is Duet Rose. I found it on line and a nusery in Illinois carries it. He said his cultivar is called Fire Gold--which seems more likely and he took a picture of it which I will post. He said he does not ship annuals mail order but since I told him I want it so badly --he is going to mail it to me next May. He says he has 5 in a pot that is 3 feet wide and it is trailing down and he says he propagates them vegetatively--which I assume means leaf cuttings that he roots. He said that is the only way to get the exact plant. He said the blooms are very large. I will mail yours to you when I get them the first week in May . I have your address on my fridge and I mailed you the picture yesterday. Also he said they will be in 4 and one half inch pots--so they should be a pretty good size.

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Betty