delosperma & aizoaceae

[cohan]

ok, so what i have then are likely both nubi/hybrids thereof..
last year wrightmans alpines in ontario was listing a delo (i forget whether they had a name) with pale pink flowers--this was the most desirable hardy sp i've seen--nicer to me(florally) than the bright yellows or purply colours; i've seen whites also in the hardy lists..hope to get both of those at some time, but havent seen seed..

[Tony Lee]

Hello Folks,I wonder if anyone can I/D this Delosperma for me,I have it as D aberdense,I think this is wrong,I think there is a D Aberdeenense ?(Not one of Maggies plants is it)

[iann]

That's a pretty convincing D. aberdeenense.  Hardy in my garden, forms a nice tight clump up to about a foot across.  Completely covered in purple flowers in a good year.

[ruweiss]

Tony, here is a (not too good) picture of D. aberdeenense in my collection.
I think that we both have the true plant.

[Darren]

I'm envious. I'm a big fan of mesembs and have tried several hardy delosperma outside. The slugs & snails fight over them and even ignore such prime mollusc food as physoplexis on their way to the delosperma. My only bedraggled survivor is on our green roof but I'm pretty sure that one day a flying ninja snail will find it! Troughs? Nope, tried that. Crevice garden? Nope, food supply AND a lot of hiding places meant the little slugs had a feast. They did waver between delosperma and Talinum 'Zoe' but went for the delosperma first, then ate the Talinum for pudding.

[mark smyth]

The Czechs grow many. I must go through my photos and show some

[David Nicholson]

This is putting temptation in my path

[mark smyth]

I thought I had more photos

Delosperma congesta

[mark smyth]

and some others from my hard drive


Delosperma brunthalleri

[angie]

Mark, lovely photos, like the last one delosperma brunthalleri in the pot, maybe this one isn't as hardy ?
Angie

[Tony Lee]

Thank you for your help,Iann and Rudi,How about this one it came to me as ex ouberg,
I think it may be D karooicum?,It is very vigourous and very hardy with me. I like your D brunthalleri Mark do you know any nursery that have it?.

[mark smyth]

Tony I took the photo in the Czech republic - I think

[ruweiss]

Wonder about the enormous interest in more or less hardy delospermas.I already tried various species in our
climate and noticed,that a protection against winter rain is quite useful.
The names of the plants are these under which they were obtained, I know quite well about the confusion
in this beautiful genus.
D.congestum album or D.'White Nugget' is very hardy and vigorous.
D.cooperi J.Halda form was introduced by the Czech plantsman, hardy,vigorous and more compact as the
usual form.The flowering period also lasts  unusually long.
D.sutherlandii is not so vigorous like the other species, but one of the most beautiful in my taste.
D.spec. was collected in the Drakensberge Mts. by Czech gardeners about 2 years ago, I have no expeience
about it.
The other 2 species did not survive our last winter, so they were not replaced.

[mark smyth]

Rudi where did you get these beauties?

[David Nicholson]

Now those really are tempting. No David, not in your climate, move on to something else.