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Tons of sun, allow to dry between waterings.

This is just a tiny cutting, but a plant of any size shouldn't look scruffy. Sounds like maybe too little light? Too much water?

Hanging out between a couple of Kalanchoes while the weather permits:

The flowers are small, but sooo cute! I like any plant I can save inside for winter, especially if has such unusual foliage.

Tiffany, I don't think that is the plant ninecrow means by Mesembryanthemum. Yours appears to be Aptenia cordifolia. I think s/he means this one: Mesembryanthemum. It's a different genus. Any plant that requires 'tons of sun' is always going to be a gamble in our climate. Mesembryanthem flowers only open in sunshine so could be closed for days on end over here, even in mid summer. There is absolutely nothing we can do about too much water or too little light given our weather. IN pots water could be controlled by covering but we get the light we get. I have to say I have rarely ever seen Mesembryanthemum look any good in the UK.

Aptenia cordifolia is rarely seen here. It doesn't over winter except in the Scilly and Channel Islands.

They're synonyms for the species in my pics, so I put pics since there had been no species or cultivar mentioned yet, to see if everyone is talking about the same plant. Sounds like not - Aha!

None of the Mes. are hardy, here, AFAIK, definitely not the plant in my pics:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1044/

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=mesembryanthemum+synonym+aptenia

The plant I pictured is also hard to find here. I've only ever been able to do so in trade, never seen any in a store. Nor have I seen any of the other Mesembs, that I noticed. (I don't do plain green foliage, so they would have been overlooked if not blooming, and I shop rarely, so not a very strong anecdote.) Sounds like they would also be great as annuals here, (though of course, I would attempt overwintering inside if I could find a straight answer whether or not the 'Magic Carpet' kind is a true annual or not) with brutal, blazing sun most days.

What would be a good alternative for Ninecrow in your climate, for similar blooms, that doesn't require so much sun and doesn't mind more moist conditions?

I can't think of anything that would produce that range of bright colours with the crystalline leaf and petal texture in our climate.

I believe it is perennial botanically speaking. Also known as Dorotheanus bellidiformis. Mesembryanthemum

I'm in the Uk floral and grow Mesembryanthemums every summer and they bloom all season. They don't seem to need brilliant sunshine to make them open up , just plenty of daylight ( not placed in shade). I'm in southern England.

I'm impressed, upsydaisy. I've rarely seen them looking particularly good here. I'm also in the South. You must have the perfect spot for them.