Groundcover
Fire Spinner Ice Plant
Delosperma 'P001S' (FIRE SPINNER®)
Electric orange-and-magenta flowers on a flat evergreen succulent mat.
- Pollinator
- Groundcover
- Evergreen
- Plant Select®
Quick facts
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 5–9
- Water
- Low once established
- Sun
- Full sun
- Size
- 1–2 in. tall × 14–18 in. wide
- Bloom & interest
- Tricolor orange-and-magenta daisies with lavender centers in spring
- Plant type
- Groundcover
- Native range
- Not native to the US (non-invasive garden plant)
- Plant Select
- Plant Select® recommended plant
Why we recommend it
A Plant Select winner (2012) with some of the most vivid flowers of any hardy groundcover, on a tight evergreen mat that asks for very little water.
Best regions: Front RangeHigh DesertGreat Basin
How to grow it
Watering to establish
Water every few days until rooted, then weekly for the first summer; afterward only in long dry spells.
Pruning
None needed.
Soil
Lean, fast-draining gravelly soil; use gravel, not bark, mulch. Winter-wet soil kills it.
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Where to buy
Shop Fire Spinner Ice Plant from trusted growers. For the best selection of xeric plants, try a mail-order specialist or ask a local independent nursery.
- High Country Gardens (opens in a new tab)Xeric specialist
- Nature Hills Nursery (opens in a new tab)Wide selection
- American Meadows (opens in a new tab)Perennials & seeds
- Etsy (opens in a new tab)Small growers
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