Cupcake® Purple Touch Purslane (Portulaca oleracea ‘Cupcake® Purple Touch’)

Cupcake® Purple Touch Purslane (Portulaca oleracea ‘Cupcake® Purple Touch’) is a vibrant flowering annual prized for its brilliant purple blooms, compact growth habit, and exceptional heat tolerance. This colourful variety produces masses of vivid flowers that cover the plant from late spring until frost, providing reliable colour in containers, borders, rock gardens, and sunny landscape plantings.

The bright purple blooms create a striking display against the plant’s succulent green foliage. The flowers open fully in bright sunlight and attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators throughout the growing season. Their rich colour pairs beautifully with yellow, orange, pink, white, and blue flowering companions, creating eye-catching summer combinations.

Part of the Cupcake® series, Purple Touch develops a compact, mounded habit that remains neat and floriferous throughout the season. The succulent foliage stores moisture, allowing the plant to thrive during hot, dry conditions while continuing to produce abundant blooms. Its low-maintenance nature makes it an excellent choice for gardeners seeking dependable summer colour.

In Alberta, Cupcake® Purple Touch performs exceptionally well in hot, sunny locations, delivering continuous blooms and excellent drought tolerance from planting time until frost.