Ice Plants

by Karen Slagle

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Ice Plants

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Karen Slagle

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I planted these ice plants in the spring of this year and the deer keep pulling them up and eating them. I thought I'd better get a picture before the deer get them again. They have the brightest colors and are beautiful. I used my 105mm macro lens to take this image.

Lampranthus is one of several genera of plants in the Aizozaceae family that are known collectively as ice plants. All are native to Africa and all are succulents with distinctive daisy-like flowers. One of the largest groups is the Lampranthus genus, which includes more than 150 species of flowering plants with thin petals in vivid shades of color. The leaves of plants in this genus are usually short, cylindrical, and blue-green, with tiny transparent flakes that give an icy appearance Some Lampranthus ice plants are low-growing spreaders while others become bushy subshrubs. Many ice plants put on their best show in the spring with sporadic repeat blooming throughout the season, and a few species bloom all summer with the right care and conditions.

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July 26th, 2020

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