Plant Select South African Ice Plants with Panayoti Kelaidis, Denver

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Panayoti Kelaidis will make you fall in love with these hardy, beautiful and waterwise succulent groundcovers from South Africa. Filmed at Denver Botanic Gardens

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Mr. Kelaidis says that these are easy plants to grow. If it were only true. I've tried many times, several varieties, and the only one that I've had success with is the original hardy yellow. The others lasted for the season, and never returned. I don't think my yard gets enough sun but even in the same location as the yellow, I couldn't get anything else going. The spectacular colors keep making me want to try, though. In the situations where I've seen them doing well they definitely like rock garden like settings, which my garden is not.