Delosperma nubigenum

Also Known As

Hardy Ice Plant

Plant type

cactus / succulent

size

H: 1"-4"
W: 20"

planting zones

7a-10b

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Delosperma nubigenum plant details

Delosperma nubigenum is an evergreen cactus / succulent with green foliage. In spring orange and yellow flowers emerge. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Delosperma nubigenum

Plant type: cactus / succulent
Plant family: aizoaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 20 IN wide, 1 IN - 4 IN - tall
Flowers: orange and yellow blooms in spring

GROWING CONDITIONS for Delosperma nubigenum

USDA Zones: 7a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: average, gritty and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Delosperma nubigenum has bright yellow single flowers that burst into colour in early summer and continue right through fall. Ice plants are long-blooming and carefree succulent mat-forming perennials similar to stonecrops that thrive in heat, drought and nearly any well-drained soil. Very hardy but should be protected from winter wet either with very well drained soil or in the rainshadow of a house or other structure. Great in containers and living walls. Deer resistant. Some say hardy to zone 3.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Delosperma nubigenum is a mat-forming succulent with lime-green foliage covered in bright yellow flowers. Excellent for rock and alpine gardens. Deer resistant. Ice Plants grow best in well-drained, gravelly soil that is not wet in winter. Drought tolerant. Requires little water once established.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Mat forming succulent covered in summer with bright yellow, daisy-like flowers. To less than 6" tall forming low mats of evergreen leaves that turn bronze in winter and spread to 15" wide and beyond over time. A good ground cover for the sunny garden where drainage is excellent and little summer water is provided. Lovely in a rock garden or spilling over a rock wall. Frost hardy to -30 °F, USDA zone 5. Attracts butterflies and is said to be resistant to deer. Aizoaceae

By: Cistus Nursery

Chubby bright green foliage adorn mats of ground hugging stems. Cheerful yellow composite flowers bloom in late spring/early summer. 1" tall. Great in troughs. rock walls and mixed in with other succulent plantings.

By: Avant Gardens

In my opinion, just THE BEST drought tolerant & deer proof groundcover you can grow! Spreading into the densest, flattest bright emerald green mat to at least 2’ across, it's fantastic for carpeting a rock garden & for trailing (or rather draping) over the edge of a raised bed or rock border. AND it's EVERGREEN & hardy too! It can take your footprints as well when working in your garden, tho I wouldn’t overdo it. Sparkly, 1” bright lemon yellow ice plant-like blooms appear in the Spring to cheer things up even more. Looks great alternated along a border edge with Delosperma sutherlandii (simultaneous pink bloom) & the later-blooming pink Delosperma lavisiae. Feed once a year for super appearance.

By: Annie's Annuals & Perennials

Definitely the most stalwart ice plant in our garden, returning year after year while others have faded away. Chunky green leaves and yellow flowers. 4" tall groundcover.