Carpobrotus Species, Giant Pigface, Sally-My-Handsome, Sour Fig

More synonyms of this plant are: Abryanthemum acinaciforme, Carpobrotus concavus, Carpobrotus vanzijliae, Carpobrotus laevigatus, Mese...Read Morembryanthemum laevigatum, Carpobrotus laevigatus, Carpobrotus rubrocinctus, Mesembryanthemum rubrocinctum, Carpobrotus subalatus, Mesembryanthemum subalatum, Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme var. purpureum & Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme.

This seems to thrive on the south coast in Britain but the plant appears to have very little resistance to frost and snow, I brought a pi...Read Moreece back and planted it in the garden (inland, away from the coast) and after the winter snow had melted the plant was rotting mush. The lowest temperature during this time was about -8 or -9C. Another cutting under dry cover survived though, at the same temperature.

Carpobrotus acinaciformis is one of the worst pest weeds. Extremely invasive as few plants are, it eat the beaches where delicate native ...Read Moreplants grow, covering all the sand and not allowing to grow the native plants. The success of this plant is in great part due to the vegetative reproduction: each cutting will root in any condition.

Despite this bad character, the plant is a good ground-cover if controlated, and extremely attractive for bees and other pollinators. Very resistant to drought and with very big flowers.