The fleshy foliage of portulaca stores water so once established these plants will thrive in drought conditions and sun45scorched borders forget to water them for a week or so and they will forgive you but it is the flowers on these portulaca plants that will impress you the mostsilky wavy blooms open in full sun to reveal their spectacular tropical shades of red yellow and orange against the backdrop of fleshy foliage the plants look great in pots or as ground cover tumbling down ban