Delosperma Kelaidis 9b When our friend Gert Fortgens

When our friend Gert Fortgens

with a dark purple "old faithful" spadix emerging from the center

thick winter mulch helps prevent rot caused by cold

narrow spires of bottlebrush-like white wands

probably the brightest spotted cast iron plant we've ever grown

Delosperma Kelaidis 9b When our friend Gert Fortgens(PP 13,876 expired) Delosperma 'Kelaidis', named after Colorado rock garden guru, Panayoti Kelaidis, is a marvelous ice plant that appeared in 1998 as a seedling in a patch of dwarf alpine collections of Delosperma cooperi that crossed with Delosperma nubigenum) at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The flat 3' wide mass of long, narrow succulent leaves are topped with stunning salmon pink flowers, starting for us in April, and continuing until the heat of