Ice plants, belonging to the Delosperma and Lampranthus genera, are perennial plants known for their bright and colorful flowers. This name comes from the tiny hairs on their leaves and stems, giving ...

Although there’s not much we can do to counter extreme weather, we can equip our gardens to stand up to it better by choosing ...

With its dainty flowers in bright hues of pink, red, orange, purple, lavender, yellow, or white and lush greenery, the trailing ice plant (Delosperma) is one ground cover you should plant in late ...

A surfer slides past Lighthouse Point on a recent morning as purple ice plant flowers hang from the cliff. The ice plant (Carpobrotus edulis) is a coastal succulent shrub native to South Africa, where ...

Don’t forget to plant for nectar, the food reward that entices animals to provide the service of fertilizing plants.