Certain areas of CA are under quarantine due to light brown apple moth infestation. Anyone who is under quarantine, please do not ship anything out of your area.

I hope someone who lives in an un-quarantined area can help you. Otherwise, Delosperma is sold commercially by many nurseries, including Park Seeds and Wayside.

Thanks for the Info...but Wayside has hardy ice plants...thats not the kind I want....yes, you can find that here in zone 8. As I said I want the large triangle succulent leaves.

Thanks once again...Jody

Jody, I am an ice plant maniac (lol). I've just moved from North to South CA, my ice plants are suffred from heat and moving schock.

I have (had) Delosperma, Aptenia cordifolia/sun rose ice plant, and also hi-way and coastal ice plants. They grow in large terracota pots. But, as I said they are in terrible condition, I might have to wait another season to care and take them to a healhty condition.

I notice that you are looking for a large triangle leaves ice plant. Honesty, I don't know that is. If you have any chance to take picture, please post. Fyi, you may ask for couple cuttings if you see the owner around the garden. Some of them love to share their plants with fellow garden lover.

Good luck.

Hello and thanks so much for writing...this is what I'm looking for...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpobrotus_edulis I live in Alabama...we do not have it here...it gets to 19 in the winter...so I can't take a pic or ask someone local...lol thats why I'm on this site...I have asked for 4 years for some and you would think I was asking for a 10 headed snake...I understand if you live with the plant you may not like it..but we don't live with it here...example...we have orange trumpet vine..it takes over everything...roundup is the only thing that kills it....my mother in law has it in Oregon and people stop and ask her what it is and how to get it...lol..as I said...different parts of the would...lol
once again that you...Jody

The ice plants you are looking for are sold at an on-line nursery in Florida called Fig Tree Nursery. They have a wide variety of indigenous plants. Hope this helps.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fig Tree indigenous plant nursery

Hi Jody, gosh we are in the same boat.

It's coastal ice plant. Bunch of those grown along CA hiways and CA coastal. I wanted them forever and I've just got some cuttings from a garage sale in Lodi (my previous home town). The guy said he got it from hi-way and has purple flower.
Here is the pic the first day I planted them.
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And, when my hubby and I visited a family member, they took us to a beach, and guess what? carpet of ice plant around it, oh my my.... I felt in heaven. I took some cuttings, I believe they produce white flower.

I've just moved to hi-desert all my plants are in terrible condition. I'd glad to share with you, but need more time to let them grow healthier. Please contact me sometimes next spring if you haven't got some.

meli

MELI....Do these coastal ice plants spread quickly? And do they survival well in low to mid sun areas? I live directly across the street from the coast and I am looking for some type of groundcover that grows quickly and is low maintenance, but has to be able to survive the coastal weather conditions. Any Help??

Char

Hey Meli,

It's hard to see if the leaves are the large kind or the more round'r kind...thanks for the offer...but honey I want a pound or two..Jody does things large...:)....lol

Last night I got on Craigslist and got on the Monterey site and ask for help...Crap this has gone on for 4 years....:(
I think a road trip is in my future..lol

jkom51....
I looked at the site...but no prices and I could't find edulis...I'll write later..thanks so much...

At the moment we are getting some nice winds from this fay storm...lol..last wind storm it took out one of my greenhouse 22x96 and a seedhouse 14x20...so I'm only on this thing every so often...but I will write....

thanks to both...Jody

Jody:

Carpobrotus is one of our easiest iceplants. It's not much grown anymore here because of its weediness and scale infestations.

Carpobrotus is also particularly prone to fungal root and stem rot, especially during our wettest winters. I have a feeling you'll have to take special steps to keep it from getting too wet during your summers. I was surprised to see it listed by that Florida nursery (even though they don't actually have it in inventory).

Joe

Hi Jody, I might have to down to pretend visit my family (lol) and take them with dogs to the beach. I'll bring scissor and couple trash bags lol).

Char, I've just moved my plant from up north to hot hi-desert couple weeks ago. I haven't repotting my ice plants. They look terrible from moving. I put them under the shade for now. But, I saw these type of ice plant grown green here in closeby neighboor. Ice plant loves full sun.

I have one small pot (trade with GW member a year ago). It grow nice, green and healhtly in mid sun area, but no flower yet.

If the ice plant in your location other than purple/white flowers, please send me some (lol)

Have a great day everyone.