Ice Plant Garden Ideas

The softly shaded apricot and yellow tints of the large flowers of alan s apricot ice plant are a delight and keep the plant in color from late spring into late summer.

Ice plant garden ideas. Drought resistant drought tolerant plant xeric. Purple ice plant 9 99 direct gardening. See more ideas about ice plant plants succulents. These plants are not appropriate to control erosion on a slope because 1 they are alien plants and not part of our natural plant community 2 they have very shallow roots.

Ice plant red apple and grasses like red fescue they all behave the same way in a wet year. Ice plant is more cold hardy in drier western landscapes. David dixon getty images how to grow ice plants. Ice plant can reduce reflected heat and glare by planting them into areas covered with gravel mulch.

Mar 30 2018 explore star nursery s board ice plants followed by 248 people on pinterest. This is a great colorful flower for any well drained area such as a slope the edge of a retaining wall a rock garden a raised bed alongside a walk or in sandy soil. Ice plants thrive in sunlight and poor soil and they make a wonderful alpine or rock garden plant. See more ideas about ice plant ground cover plants.

Plant in well drained soil. Delosperma have attractive succulent foliage low spreading stems and shimmering flowers add color and texture to the garden floor. 3 they are heavy. Delosperma alan s apricot is a cold hardy ice plant 2016 plant select winner.

Hardy ice plant needs full sun and excellent drainage to do well. Information about the hardy ice plant. The hardy ice plant delosperma is a succulent perennial ground cover with daisy like flowers. Size and shape vary among the species within the lampranthus genus but most of the commonly grown ice plant varieties reach up to 2 feet tall and have a spreading habit.

The plants grow to be about 3 to 6 inches. Jun 4 2015 explore all succulents s board ice plant followed by 1596 people on pinterest. The ice plant is not called an ice plant because it is cold hardy but rather because the flowers and leaves seem to shimmer as though covered in frost or ice crystals. Up to 6 inches tall.