Trish Fitzgerald

Thank you all for the information- looks like as with every living thing, there're upsides and downsides to purslane. And my mulch-less clay definitely needs attention! The purslane is some improved variety, though not named on the tags, and these guys wake up at 7am instead of doing the regular Dolly Parton 9-to-5! I think I will chance a few of them in one small area that is surrounded by Bermuda grass, and see how that works this year. The rest of them are going into one of the Aggie recipes... Purslane omelette... mmmmmm...

Permie newbie here... Received a flat of flowering purslane as a gift, and I want to know... any pros or con's of planting them under my fruit trees? I've got Turkey fig, LSU fig, fuyu persimmon, 2 Chinese chestnuts, a Pakistan mulberry, and a Starks "Sweet Heart" edible nutted apricot, all brand-new this spring, and am in Dallas- zone 8a, with horrible Houston black clay that cracks in summer and cements boots together in 4" of muck in wet winter. For companion planting I found lots on their interaction with herbs & vegetables, but so far nothing on fruit trees. Thank you all in advance for any insights!!

Ecovillage on the easterly side of the Dallas/Ft. Worth megametroplex- Wildflower Ecovillage. I don't want to use one of their photos without permission, but here's their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/DFWEcovillage