Ice Plant Rock Garden

The most frost hardy of all the ice plants.

Ice plant rock garden. 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. Despite their name these low water succulents thrive on heat. 3 they are heavy. Portulaca and aptenia are both commonly called ice plants.

Rock garden plants succulents garden succulent rock garden landscaping with rocks garden landscaping landscaping ideas red creeping thyme gray green pink yellow. Article by better homes and gardens. The foliage turns bronze in winter. Most eye catching about this species though is its explosion bountiful yellow flowers in summer.

Purple ice plant 9 99 direct gardening. Its foliage is green most of the year but turns a vibrant pink in winter. Blooming continuously from late spring to fall the blossoms are produced in such quantities that they literally cover the foliage of closely packed fleshy green leaves. Plant in well drained soil.

The beauty of a well planned rock garden is the rocks and plants work together to elevate each other s impact. You can also find delosperma also called ice plant. Perfect for rock gardens these pretty low maintenance perennials don t mind poor soil and drought but they do need good drainage. For more information or to buy.

Many of our now available delosperma are thanks to plant select a cooperative program administered by the colorado state university and the denver botanic garden not surprising panayoti was one of the leaders in this project panayoti has been a long time member and advocate for the north american rock garden society nargs. 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. Tuck ice plant between boulders and watch it slowly frame the stones with brilliant color. Ice plant red apple and grasses like red fescue they all behave the same way in a wet year.

Delosperma nubigenum hardy yellow ice plant. Ice plant is more cold hardy in drier western landscapes. This vigorous grower develops into a tight mat that spreads easily and can trail from containers. A rock garden sometimes known as a rockery or alpine garden is a planting area designed with a hardscape featuring a selection of gravels rocks and or boulders it typically includes softscape plants suitable to those conditions.

Aptenia is also known as hearts and flowers and as red apple plant. Hardy ice plant needs full sun and excellent drainage to do well.