Yellow Ice Plant

Description:

This unique variety forms a very low mat of succulent evergreen leaves bearing loads of small daisy-like flowers in spring; a great choice for hot dry areas and is exceptional as groundcover, in the rock garden, edging, and especially as a lawn substitute

Ornamental Features:

Yellow Ice Plant features showy yellow daisy flowers with gold eyes at the ends of the stems from late spring to early summer. It's attractive tiny succulent oval leaves emerge light green in spring, turning green in colour. As an added bonus, the foliage turns a gorgeous coppery-bronze in the fall. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Yellow Ice Plant is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and usually looks its best without pruning, although it will tolerate pruning. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Yellow Ice Plant is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use
• Rock/Alpine Gardens
• Container Planting
• Border Edging

Plant Characteristics:

Yellow Ice Plant will grow to be only 1 inch tall at maturity extending to 2 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years.

This perennial should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions, but will not tolerate any standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in sandy soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by cuttings.

This species is not originally from North America.