The plants that I am growing and researching for use on green roofs are all from a very compact free flowering form that I found growing ...Read Morein full sun above north facing cliffs overlooking the Umgeni River Valley at Monteseel inland of Durban. This form is a true gem of a plant it is a magnificent horticultural specimen being neat, compact and producing large amounts of clear white flowers over a long period of time. It is easy to grow has not shown any signs of being subjected to rot or any other diseases and has not been attacked by insect pests.
I have two other forms of wild collected plants also with white flowers.
The classification of these plants needs to be revised all of the specimens that I have collected over a fairly wide area have all had white flowers, whether those with yellow, pink or magenta coloured flowers are D. lineare or not I do not know
very lowgrowing succulent ground cover with small, white flowers in spring... I am afraid all examples of Delosperma lineare with either ...Read Morepink of yellow flowers are either of another species, or an undescribed (or poorly described) one. Most of the photos of Delosperma lineare on the web are more likely of Delosperma nubigenea. The pink ones are an unknown or yet improperly identified plant, but they are certainly NOT D lineare.
The plants that I am growing and researching for use on green roofs are all from a very compact free flowering form that I found growing ...Read More
very lowgrowing succulent ground cover with small, white flowers in spring... I am afraid all examples of Delosperma lineare with either ...Read More