I bought a small container of this plant that had 5-6 stems and no flowers in late fall 4 years ago. I left it in it’s original contain...Read Moreer and stored it with my other succulents in a makeshift greenhouse throughout the winter. When I got it out in the spring, it almost tripled in size with absolutely no care whatsoever. I planted it in a hanging pot where it got both sun and shade. By fall, it had filled the planter draped over the edges approximately 3-4’ but it didn’t flower.
Right before storing the plant for the next winter, I trimmed it and placed the stems in the ground - just to see how it would do. Come spring, the stems I planted in the ground had also tripled in size and were full of blooms! The original plant still thrived but didn’t bloom until this last spring. It had far less blooms than the ones in the ground that are just a couple of feet away and getting the same sun/shade ratio.
My conclusion is that it’s blooming or lack there of has to do with the soil it’s grown in. Ground soil is your typical red mountain dirt - very hard, poor drainage but nutrient rich. A general potting soil was used for hanging plant. Both plants are watered and fed the same.
I bought and planted eighteen 4" pots two years ago. They have spread very slowly to form a thick, interesting ground cover in the narrow...Read More flowerbed with full sun and great drainage. (Zone 8)
This year it had its' one and only only bloom, so far. I have other ice plants planted in random locations and they all do exceedingly well.
Not the "Fire Spinner" though. Hopefully, someone has some useful advice about how to get them to bloom. Otherwise, I am tempted to compost them and let another plant take their place.
I planted two 4" pots late last summer. Buy late fall it had spread to about 4 square feet and had continued blooming throughout that ti...Read Moreme. It began blooming mid-May during Colorado's wet cold spring. It is now in full bloom so we'll see how long it lasts this year. Truly an outstanding plant here in Colorado's Zone 5.
I planted 3 plants last summer (2012). They are planted in a sunny bed at my front side walk. They spread like crazy throughout the sum...Read Moremer and filled in a 4 foot area looking nice and lush. No blooms last year, but they looked lovely --sort of nice succulent ground cover. It is now nearly the second week of May 2013 and they are just starting to bloom, and are going to be lovely. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia. I am going to try to root some and if that fails I will buy more. The soil where I planted was very sandy and south exposure shaded slightly with a pyramid cedar.
I have gotten blooms with this plant, not as many as on the 'John Proffitt,' but it has bloomed some. The bloom time is earlier and short...Read Moreer than my other ice plants.
We have this in ornamental pots at work in all types of growing conditions, full sun, part-shade, makes a great thick ground cover but fa...Read Moreils miserably when it comes to flowering, we have never seen a flower on it, probably never will by the looks of the comments here. I've just about given up on any plants offered by Monrovia, lots of hype, nice packaging but the plants must be grown is superb, very specific growing conditions, not a plant for the average home grower if you have to be so picky about every detail of the specifics to get a single flower. Not to mention if you trim it, it is very irritating to the skin and can make a person itch terrible. Easy to start if you like tiny thick green leaves as a very short dark green ground cover...that's all your going to get
Monroe Township, NJ (Zone 7a) | August 2012 | neutral
Planted "Fire Spinner" in May. It is now the end of August and although it spread to 18", I have yet to see a flower on it. All my other...Read More Ice Plants are doing great, flowers galore. I agree with echinaceamaniac.
(Clint) Medina, TN (Zone 7b) | June 2012 | negative
This plant hasn't bloomed any for me! All other Delosperma are blooming great, even ones I rooted from cuttings 2 weeks ago! The plant ha...Read Mores failed to live up to the hype.
I bought a small container of this plant that had 5-6 stems and no flowers in late fall 4 years ago. I left it in it’s original contain...Read More
I bought and planted eighteen 4" pots two years ago. They have spread very slowly to form a thick, interesting ground cover in the narrow...Read More
I planted two 4" pots late last summer. Buy late fall it had spread to about 4 square feet and had continued blooming throughout that ti...Read More
Blooming late April in Arkansas. Waiting to see how prolific and how long the blooming season will be.
I planted 3 plants last summer (2012). They are planted in a sunny bed at my front side walk. They spread like crazy throughout the sum...Read More
I have gotten blooms with this plant, not as many as on the 'John Proffitt,' but it has bloomed some. The bloom time is earlier and short...Read More
We have this in ornamental pots at work in all types of growing conditions, full sun, part-shade, makes a great thick ground cover but fa...Read More
Planted "Fire Spinner" in May. It is now the end of August and although it spread to 18", I have yet to see a flower on it. All my other...Read More
This plant hasn't bloomed any for me! All other Delosperma are blooming great, even ones I rooted from cuttings 2 weeks ago! The plant ha...Read More