Delosperma Hot Cakes 'Saucy Strawberry'
Delosperma Hot Cakes 'Saucy Strawberry' creates carpets of red flowers with icy white and magenta centres.
Description:
The Delosperma Hot Cakes series offers compact plants completely covered with bright, cheerful flowers in late spring reblooming throughout the season. 'Saucy Strawberry' has red flowers with icy white and magenta centres. Ice plants are long-blooming, carefree, succulent, mat-forming perennials similar to Sedum that thrive in heat, drought and nearly any well-drained soil. Very hardy but protect from winter wet with excellent drainage or overhead cover. Great in containers and on living walls.
Common Name: Ice Plant
Family: Aizoaceae (The Carpet Weed Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-10
Light: Full Sun
Height: under 4"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Semi-evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Drought Tolerant, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Disturbed sandy spots.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Southern Africa and Madagascar
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