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Portulaca

Portulaca sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Portulaca ("Sundial Mix"), one of many plants featured in the Brookside Gardens Botanical Sundial. The BGBS is a classic horizontal sundial with a distinctive spin -- some of its parts are made of plants and flowers! Elena Scire, former Fairfax County Master Gardener [Virginia USA], is shown for vertical scale in Photo 3 of 3. For more information about the sundial and the plantings used for its dial face, see the following related resources: Photo Index - The Brookside Gardens Botanical Sundial http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/sundials/md/wheaton/
Photo Info - The Brookside Gardens Botanical Sundial [featuring detailed information about both the horizontal sundial (including its design and construction) and the plants and flowers used for its dial face]
http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/sundials/md/wheaton/info.html

Habitat:

Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County Department of Parks [Maryland USA]. Related Resource: http://www.montgomeryparks.org/brookside/

Notes:

© Copyright 2011 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved. www.wsanford.com

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Comments (5)
HeatherMiller
I love Portulaca! They grow from seed, close up their flowers in the shade/cool/cloudy days to save energy ( I guess) and are drought tolerant. Some species seem to transplant from their little nodes too. Awesome filler plant where I don't want to plant expensive annuals, or spend water for color. I notice also, that the sundial is made with some thyme varieties and other herbs. Very creative landscape design. Next time you visit, maybe you could get some closeups of some of the flowers, especially the awesome portulaca flowers. I love their colors.
Geodialist
With all due respect, Juan, I understand the purpose of Project Noah, thank you very much. In my opinion, a sundial made of living things is perfectly appropriate for PN ... I just needed to tweak the spotting in order to play by the rules and be a good citizen scientist. Problem solved.
Geodialist
Yes, I downloaded the update yesterday; haven't had an opportunity to field test the latest version. Thank you for responding to my suggestions for improvement, Peter!
peter
Many thanks. By the way, have you had a chance to grab our iPhone update? We have some EXIF updates you might be interested in :)
peter
Hi there, one of our Rangers has flagged this inappropriate. Please focus your spottings on a specific species. I see there are some nice flowers, perhaps you can modify this spotting and direct attention towards the flora :)

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PublishedOctober 5, 2011

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