Delosperma sutherlandii

Delosperma sutherlandii
Sutherland hardy iceplant

SIZE/TYPE	low or groundcovering
USUAL HEIGHT	0.2-0.2m
USUAL WIDTH	0.2-0.6m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	deep pink
BLOOMING TIME	June - September
LOCATION	full sun
SOIL TYPE	neutral
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS	dry and sharply drained (xeriscape)
USDA zone (lowest)	6 (down to -23°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Perennials Summer blooms

Hardy iceplant is a beautiful rock garden perennial from South Africa. It is a low growing succulent with deep green, needle-like, glittering foliage that gains red shades in full sun. From late spring it produces masses of large, daisy-like, bright pink to light purple flowers with yellow centres. It continues blooming until early autumn.

Iceplant is evergreen in milder parts of zone 7, but here its leaves will wither and come back in spring. If you grow it in containers make sure to keep it from winter wet and severe frost. Best place to overwinter potted plants is a cold and dark room with low humidity.

Excess watering could kill this plant. If grown out in the garden make sure the soil is sharply drained so that the plant never stands in water. Place it in full sun only. Sutherland iceplant is the hardiest species that can take winter frost down to USDA zone 6 (-23°C).

Last update 30-01-2013

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.