Delosperma colorato v.17 h.25, hanging basket

Ice plants gained popularity as a low maintenance groundcover for landscape beds because of their long bloom period, from mid-spring to fall. Delosperma offers gardeners a low growing, low maintenance, drought tolerant variety of ice plant with coral to salmon colored blooms. Plants should be mulched in late fall to help them survive the cold winters of these zones. Well-draining soil is essential. Plant prefers to grow in full sun. Like gazania, the blooms of ice plants open and close with the sun, creating the beautiful effect of a ground-hugging blanket of salmon-pink, daisy-like flowers on a sunny day. These blooms also attract bees and butterflies to the landscape.