FIRE SPINNER^® Hardy Ice Plant Delosperma hybrida

Oh boy I love this stuff! It’s as easy as every article says. I found cooperi (bright bright pink/fuchsia) at my local Home Depot an authorized Proven Winners suppliers. First I cleared the area in the garden and dug just enough to place the Delosperma as required iaw the manufacture care/maintenance tag. I then take a piece of weed fabric (yay big). I also premixed sand & garden soil w/native soil from the hole I just dug. This is my filler/packing dirt. I simply grasp the 4 corners of the fabric, place it in the hole, and continue to fill with the self mixed soil. I also trickle water from the hose to help perform other things while doing all this. Throw the mulch on and voilà watch it settle in, welcome pollinators, and grow. To be honest I just trimmed some of the dead ends up yesterday. Only because I was down there working on my azaleas getting ready for our periodical 7 feet of snow!

I am in love with these little plants. Literally the only thing that will grow on a berm in my backyard, but I am fine with that! They are so colorful and cheery and make me smile every time I look at them. In order for them to come back in the Spring (at least on Long Island) you MUST not pull them out of the ground when they look dead in the winter. Just leave them and they will send out new growth when it warms up. They take a little while to spread out after planting, but once they get going they don't stop. Have patience and they will reward you with fabulous color even in them most barren earth.