Scientific Name: Delosperma spp.
Common Name: hardy ice plant
Family Name: Aizoaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: < 0.1m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Horizontal
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Alpine, Ground cover, Perennial border, Rock garden
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Whorled, Basal, Succulent, Glabrous, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Low ground cover; leaves succulent, most 1-4cm long x 0.3-1cm wide; flowers 2.5-7cm wide, daisy-like with many narrow ray florets, May-Jul.