Ice

The designation "Ice Plant" seems meaningless. Once all of my outstanding orders arrive, I will have three unrelated succulents called "Ice Plant," and two of them are not cold hardy.

This one is the Oscularia deltoides 'Ice Plant.' I acquired it at the end of February and put it in the 10" Montage Bowl. It's definitely not shy and I should divide it and move half of it elsewhere. It is not cold hardy.

The ice plants I have on order are Corpuscularia lehmannii 'Ice Plant" (not hardy) in the shipment from Succulents Depot that has been in limbo since the middle of last week, and Delosperma 'Fire Spinner,' a true ice plant that is hardy to Zone 5, expected to arrive Friday from The Three Company Store via Amazon. The 'Fire Spinner' has fabulous flowers and is part of my plan to convert at least one greenhouse bed to cold-tolerant succulents (including sedums and sempervivums).

While I was out in the garage shooting the Montage Bowl, I also got images of Crassula perforata variegata 'String of Buttons' (variegated), and Senecio haworthii 'Cocoon Plant.' The latter takes up a lot of space in the bowl and also should be divided.

While I'm waiting for the two examples of Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy' from Succulents Depot, I have to be content with the somewhat similar Echeveria 'Cubic Frost.' I think it looked a bit rough when first planted a month ago. The color has mellowed since then.

Finally, while I was finishing up I noticed the Haworthia retusa f. geraldii 'Star Cactus' which was potted up a little more than a week ago. I pulled seven pieces off of it before planting the main part, and I could have pulled a lot more. It is apparent from both color and size which is the main plant and which are the pups. Previously, there wasn't such a color difference. The flower stalk leads out of frame, but there are some pale pink flowers on the end of it despite getting squished during shipping. This is a single frame, not focus stacked.