I meant to include this link, if you don't know what sea holly looks like, which I didn't -

very exotic.

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Is that ice plant? So pretty!

i don't know if ice plant is another name for it.

Woohoo, doing the happy dance for you!! :-)

Ice plant is delosperma if I'm not mistaken. Sea holly is eryngium. This is a shot of my sea holly in bloom a few years ago:

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my sea holly from bakemom, sown last year, is beginning to pop up (i noticed today). looking forward to blooms this year!

PV