Delosperma Cooperi "Vygie" 17cmPot

Botanical Name: Delosperma cooperi
Common Names: Trailing Ice Plant, Hardy Ice Plant, Purple Ice Plant

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📌 Product Description

Delosperma cooperi is a fast-spreading, ground-hugging succulent renowned for its brilliant magenta-purple daisy-like flowers that blanket the plant from spring through summer. The vibrant blooms contrast beautifully against its fine, succulent green foliage, creating a striking carpet of colour.

This hardy, drought-tolerant groundcover is ideal for rock gardens, slopes, borders, and water-wise landscapes. Indigenous to South Africa, it thrives in sunny conditions and is exceptionally resilient once established.

A high-impact, low-maintenance flowering groundcover perfect for adding long-lasting colour to South African gardens.

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📏 Size When Fully Grown

Height: 10 – 15 cm
Spread: 60 – 100 cm (spreading groundcover)
Growth Habit: Low-growing, mat-forming succulent
Growth Rate: Fast

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🌱 Best Growing Conditions

Light: Full sun for maximum flowering
Soil: Well-draining sandy or rocky soil
Water:

• Moderate watering during establishment
• Highly drought-tolerant once established
• Avoid heavy, waterlogged soil

Feeding: Minimal feeding required; compost in spring if needed

Maintenance:

• Trim lightly after flowering to maintain shape
• Excellent drainage is essential
• Very low maintenance overall

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🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

Best Planting Time: Spring or autumn
Flowering Season: Spring to summer (often extended in warm regions)
Growing Season: Spring and summer
Climate Suitability: Ideal for warm temperate, inland, and coastal regions
Frost Tolerance: Tolerates light to moderate frost

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🌼 Additional Benefits

Masses of vibrant flowers
Excellent erosion control
Drought-tolerant
Pollinator-friendly
Fast-spreading groundcover
Indigenous South African species

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🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Rock gardens
✔ Slopes and embankments
✔ Groundcover planting
✔ Water-wise landscapes
✔ Border edging
✔ Coastal gardens