For some reason, ice plants just don't do well for me. The rock garden appear to have everything they should like, but it's a no-go. Or at least a no-thrive.
Here is 'Red Mountain Flame' this year. It's the one I've had the longest- about 4 years. It's also the happiest. (with a weed I missed pulling)
At some times of the day, the way the sun hits it, it seems to sparkle!
The other one that is just barely hanging in there is 'Granita.'
This is the 'Ocean Sunset' that I really liked. Here it is in 2024. That one died.
So I bought another one last year. Want to see what it looks like this year?
Yeah. Well, apparently there are some varieties that are tougher. The yellow one- 'Cooper's - is supposed to be really tough. But I have a ton of yellow in the summer and don't really want that. There is an orange one called 'Fire Spinner' that's supposed to be more hardy, and 'Dancing Embers' is sort of a pink-orange. The descriptions of all of them say they are OK in my zone, so who knows.
I'm tired of buying new ones and having them do poorly. Probably no more ice plants.
In other news: I edited. I finished my column for the Daily News. I finished weeding the rock garden and worked a little in the other gardens, and finished mowing the lawn. I'm beat, but it's all good!
Funny story from last night. I forgot to close the fencing at the bottom of the rock garden. I was looking off the deck and darned if that little 13-lined ground squirrel wasn't digging in the bottom of the garden. I clapped and yelled and he got himself back to his hole. He was digging where there are some bulbs, but I don't think he got anything. Fence is now closed. You can believe that!
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1 comment:
Oh no, that's what it would look like in my garden for sure. I had an ice plant that I kept inside but after about a year I kept forgetting to give it it's ice cube.
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