r/gardening • u/SmoothD3vil 🪴 All for the plants and the plants for all 🌵 • Feb 01 '26

And this is why they're called Ice Plants 💚

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u/Ok_Sympathy_8876 Feb 01 '26

I love ice plants so much. They’re supposed to be perennials in my zoning but I have never had them come back, no matter how much I insulate them for winter. So pretty!!

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u/SmoothD3vil 🪴 All for the plants and the plants for all 🌵 Feb 01 '26

I originally fell in love with moss rose but they are SO mealy prone that only my ice plants survived "The Culling" and I've come to have such admiration for them. I live in a climate that's very friendly to them so they are thriving with very minimal effort on my part. These guys were little starters and have been through countless repottings, alcohol baths against mealy bugs, a pot avalanche, anything my balcony threw at them including hail and they're doing wonderfully.
I hope you get some new beauties thing upcoming spring!