Delosperma, Ice Plant 'Mesa Verde'

Mine languished in part-sun until I cleared out a couple trees and now they're so happy I can hardly stand it. Bravissimo!

This is a great ice plant for dry sunny area. It's been in my garden 3 years and has spread to about an 18"x18" mat, and continues to sp...Read Moreread. Easy to pull up around the edges of the mat if it starts spreading too far. Blooms all season as long as the sun is out, and the blooms are irridescent in a pinky/coral shade. On cloudy days (or in shade) blooms do not open. Highly recommend it.

Iridescent, salmon-pink flowered sport appeared among plants of a dwarf, alpine form of D. cooperi at Denver Botanic Gardens in 1997 as a...Read More seedling or mutation in a patch of dwarf alpine collections(probably crossed with D. nubigenum)

Vigorous, compact and floriferous 2'' plants with succulent, jellybean-like leaves are topped are topped off by stunning salmon-pink blooms spring to fall.

2002 Plant Select for the Rocky Mountains and Plains States.

D. 'Kelaidis' is perfect for the rock garden where a low groundcover for a hot, dry site is needed. The plants form a stunning 3' wide patch in 3 years.

Well-drained soils are very important for good performance.

I am trying to establish a hillside of these succulents in zone 6, wet rainy snowy New England. They are also available at High Country ...Read MoreGardens.

I give up. (June 2009) We have too much rain and the flowers don't like to open unless it's not raining. They didn't spread as fast as the weeds and crabgrass and other yucky stuff. I still like them - maybe for a rockier spot. I put them into a pot of mostly Perlite.