My luck with ice plants (Delosperma) this year is poor. According to plant web sites, they are getting exactly the kind of conditions they would like.
The one that is looking good is 'Ocean Sunset,' but it doesn't really count as far as me doing anything right because the original did not survive the winter, and I had to buy another one.
I have two other varieties. Each had one little attempt at blooming in early June, and then nothing. This is 'Granita' orange. It was new last fall, and isn't very well established, but it's alive. Just no flowers since this one two months ago. These plants should bloom all summer long.
And the one that was really well-established last year, 'Red Mountain Flame.' It still has a good patch of the fleshy leaves, but has not bloomed again at all this year.
The heat was bad again today. It was already 75 degrees at 8 am. That was tempered by a strong breeze so it didn't feel as bad, but it sucked the moisture out of everything.
The weather forecast had said rain this evening, but now they've moved that to Monday. The gardens are looking very stressed, so I am watering everything this evening. Some of the rock garden plants, like the dianthus, are in danger of not surviving. They got too little water in June, and are looking bad. Hopefully the roots are OK.
I managed to pace myself better today and got a lot done on inside tasks. Did a LOT of sorting on my clean-up project. Worked on plant records.
 | See Rock Garden June 2025 |
4 comments:
I had never hearf of an outdoor plant called an ice plant. A friend had given me an ice lily and it required being watered with 1 ice cube. I had to google these to see why they were called an ice plant
Ann- and I have never heard of an ice lily. I'll have to go look it up!
Ann- I think it's a peace lily just being watered with an ice cube
Java Bean: "Ayyy, there is ice plant all over the place out here! Our Dada says that people think it is a soil stabilizer for slopes but it his very heavy and has shallow roots so it is actually really bad for stabilizing slopes. But it sure does make pretty flowers!"
Lulu: "Yes well it is also prime snake habitat and that is why they ripped it all off of our hill after your little 'incident', Bean."
Java Bean: "Sí, but the neighbor's yard is still full of it, so I'm not sure they accomplished much."
Lulu: "At least you know to stay away from snakes now, right? Right ... ?"
Java Bean: 🤷♂️
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