Portalucca

Portalucca is a wonderful ground cover plant that grows like a weed. The one pictured here has white flowers, but pink is also very common. 

This very delicate looking and low growing plant is hardy, and can survive well in drier conditions. Being that it is so low to the ground, wind does not seem to be much of a problem either. It might seem to die off a bit in the dry season, but as soon as rain comes, it will move into top gear and grow and flower. The flowers only last a day, but there are usually a lot, so many days of flowering is not uncommon.

Portalucca is one of those plants that butterflies and moths adore and you can see it growing wild around the island, particularly on the east and south-eastern coasts of Barbados.