112 – 119 days. Ice Plant delosperma seeds grow exotic, eye-catching, and resilient succulents ideal for many dry and arid gardens across North America. Ice Plant seeds grow 4 – 6” tall trailing plants perfect for highlighting walkways, patios, window boxes, or xeriscaped gardens. Ice Plant delosperma seeds promise neat desert-hardy succulents bursting with 2” daisy-like blooms known to glimmer and refract in the heat like ice crystals. Ice Plant is easy to grow from seed and a perfect low-maintenance plant for busy or novice gardeners. 1000 seeds.
Growing Ice Plant Delosperma Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Delosperma cooperi
- Other Names: Trailing Iceplant, Hardy Iceplant, Pink Carpet
- Seed Type: Perennial
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Ice Plant is easy to grow from seed and recommended for direct sowing outdoors after the frost. For earliest blooms, begin seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior. Delosperma seeds will germinate in 7 – 21 with full lighting and harden off to a sunny spot in the garden or equally bright place indoors. Ice Plant is most popularly grown as a decorative indoor succulent or trailing from a basket, planter, or window box.
- Days to Maturity: 112 – 119 days
- Hardiness Zone: 4 – 9
- Planting Depth: Lightly press 4 – 6 seeds into soil without covering
- Plant Spacing: 18”
- Growth Habit: 3 – 6” tall trailing succulent with a 12 – 18” reach of unique 2” daisy-like blooms
- Soil Preference: Average, medium dry, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Ice Plant is a hardy full sun performer tolerant to heat, drought, and full sun and will die if overwatered and not properly drained. Water sparingly. Delosperma has no serious pests or diseases but monitor for aphids and mealybugs.
- Color: Bright shades of fuchsia and hardy green succulent leaves
Ice Plant is easy to grow from seed and recommended for direct sowing outdoors after the frost. For earliest blooms, begin seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior. Delosperma seeds will germinate in 7 – 21 with full lighting and harden off to a sunny spot in the garden or equally bright place indoors. Ice Plant is most popularly grown as a decorative indoor succulent or trailing from a basket, window box, or planter. Lightly press 4 – 6 Ice Plant delosperma seeds into average, medium dry, and well-drained soil in full sun. Ice Plant is a hardy full sun performer tolerant to heat and drought and will die if overwatered and not properly drained. Water sparingly. Delosperma has no serious pests or diseases but monitor for aphids and mealybugs. Ice Plant delosperma seeds mature in 112 – 119 days as 3 – 6” tall creeping succulents with a 12 – 18” reach of unique 2” purple daisy-like blooms.
Delosperma cooperi, or more commonly known as Ice Plant, is native to South Africa but has been naturalized throughout many similar maritime climates including the Mediterranean and North America. Delosperma cooperi earns its name “ice plant” not from any tolerance to ice, but from its leaves and petals that appear to shimmer and refract like ice crystals.