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Products > Delosperma Fire Spinner ['P001S']   Delosperma Fire Spinner ['P001S'] - Fire Spinner Ice Plant Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.     Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Aizoaceae (Ice Plants) Origin: South Africa (Africa) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Orange & Pink Bloomtime: Spring/Fall Height: <1 foot Width: 1-2 feet Exposure: Sun or Shade Summer Dry: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F Delosperma Fire Spinner ['P001S'] A great new hardy groundcover succulent that hugs the ground in a dense mat, staying under 2 inches tall and spreading to 2 feet wide or more with fleshy narrow 1/2 long lance shaped apple green leaves. In late spring into summer and again in fall appear the 3/4 inch wide other worldly colored flowers, with narrow petals that are bright pink at their bases and tipped gold and several shades of orange with light yellow stamens at the center - a wild site when in bloom, looking like little gems floating on top of a sea of green! Plant in full sun to part shade in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to very little. Very hardy and useful in areas down to USDA Zone 5 (-20°F!). It is a great weed suppressing low water requiring groundcover and though some report it shy to bloom, once established, it has put on a pretty good show for us and the colors are a knockout! This plant is an undescribed species or natural hybrid discovered by Panayoti Kelaidis of the Denver Botanic Garden growing at an elevation above 6,000 feet near Tarkastad in the semi-desert Karoo region in East Cape, South Africa. It is a 2012 introduction by Plant Select, the collaboration of Colorado State University, Denver Botanic Gardens and professional horticulturists that we are in partnership with. We thank Panayoti Kelaidis for sharing this plant with us after speaking about it in his talk to the Cactus and Succulent Society of America convention 2015.  The information on this page is based on the research that we have conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from what we have found on reliable online sources, as well as from observations made of our crops of this plant growing in the nursery and of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Delosperma Fire Spinner ['P001S'].     [MORE INFO]