Love these beauties, but running out of display options? Here are 25 fantastic portulaca-growing ideas for inspiration!
With these amazing and easy-to-copy ideas, you can choose the best option for your home’s aesthetics and plant’s health. Let’s dive in!
Portulaca Growing Ideas
1. Perfect for a Hanging Planter
A moss rose can easily grow with other annuals like petunias in hanging basket and look stunning?
2. A Portulaca Tower Idea
You can use a tall stand or a thick pole to create a portulaca pot tower this way.
3. Wall Planters in the Garden
Bland walls are out of style; use wall-hanging pots filled with portulacas to spice things up!
4. DIY Tire Planter for Portulaca
All you need is an old tire to grow these beauties in your home! Here’s this one and more such cool tire uses in the garden!
5. In a Plastic Hanging Basket
For those days when you don’t want to do anything too extravagant, grow your portulaca in a hanging planter like this. One of the benefits of growing in a plastic pot is that water doesn’t evaporate quickly.
6. Tipped Pot DIY
If you have an unused urn like this lying around, start by grow your potulacas in it and it’ll spill beautifully. Here’s how to make a spilled-over pot!
7. Upcycled Stand Display
If you’ve got an old, rusted out metal stand, why not use it to grow portulacas at a height and let them spill?
8. Growing Portulaca in a Wood Crate
Did you know these could be grown in wooden crates? Pretty cool, right?
9. Cheap Plastic Hanger Charm
If you’re on a budget, go with a plastic hanger. Once your plant grows a bit, the foliage and flowers will quickly add to the aesthetics!
10. Potulaca Growing Idea for Balcony
Railing planters are a great way of growing these lovely flowers on a balcony. DIY them this way!
11. On Top of a Rustic Metal Stand
Here’s another rustic idea that will match with vintage aesthetics. Isn’t it just amazing?
12. As an Aesthetic Groundcover
Take that spilled pot idea from above and let these grow as a groundcover in your backyard! Here are more such ideas.
13. In a Massive Window Box
Portulacas are incredibly versatile, and they grow well even in big rectangular containers—or round ones!
14. Portulaca Growing on the Side of the Home
If you have planned to grow something on the side of your home, why not portulacas? You could grow different ones for a bright summer display!
15. Floating Window Box Idea
Window boxes are great space-savers! Just pair your portulacas with marigolds, zinnias, daylilies, petunias and a few fillers.
16. In Tiered Planter Boxes
Besides saving space in your garden, tiered planters can also improve the look of your yard!
17. Portulaca Plastic Bottle Hangers
Why don’t you use your DIY skills and turn old plastic bottles into tiered hangers filled with portulacas? Here’s the DIY.
18. In a Brick Raised Bed
Just using red bricks would take the aesthetics to the next level!
19. Landscaping Idea with Rocks and Portulaca
Some rocks and a floral bed are a recipe for a great-looking backyard, wouldn’t you say?
20. In a Simple Terracotta Pot
Nothing can beat the timeless beauty of a minimal terracotta pot for growing a moss rose brimming full of its miniature flowers!
21. Portulaca Pot from a Shepherd’s Hook
This portulaca-growing idea is one to replicate immediately because who wouldn’t want such a cute display of flowers?
22. Growing Portulacas as a Tree
Attach a few pots to a tall and sturdy piece of driftwood, and you’ll recreate this! It’s a great weekend project!
23. In a Swan Planter
If you don’t want to put in so much work, you could always opt for such animal planters.
24. Raised Bed for Growing Portulaca
Raised beds are great for growing portulacas because they improve drainage, prevent waterlogging, and provide better soil aeration.
25. On a Tree Stump Stand
Just take an old stump and turn it into a stand for your portulaca pot. You could also use it for these ideas!
Well, which of these portulaca growing ideas are you excited to try first? Do let us know in the comments below!
