I have spent most of my career as a Landscape Architect, studying plants in and around the Denver Metro Area. Along the way I have collected thousands of pictures of plants, my clients have found them very helpful in seeing how plants will actually grow in typical landscapes.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Ice Plant
Ice Plant
Delosperma cooperi/ Purple
Delosperma nubigenum / Yellow
Perennial
Size:
Height 5”
Spacing 24”
Sun: Full Sun
Water: Xeric
Blooms:All Summer
Landscape Use: Ground cover for hot dry areas
Comments:Purple blooms the longest.
Yellow is evergreen and smaller.
Hardy and reliable in Colorado’s climate.
I am always amazed at how little water
is needed for this plant.
Maintenance: May have some die back over the
winter but will come back from roots.
Maximum elevation: 7500 ft.
Said to be deer resistant








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