DAISY SEEDS (ICE PLANT) - LIVINGSTONE MIX Dorotheanthus bellidiformis Annual Groundcover; Grows 4-6 Inches Easy to grow; Heat and Drought Tolerant Prefers Full Sun Exposure; Spring and Summer Blooming Brightly colored and drought-tolerant, this prolific bloomer is frost tender annual that thrives in warm, sunny and arid conditions. An ideal and prolific ground cover in the American Southwest, Livingstone Mix offers a range of bright colors and low maintenance convenience. Ice Plant is the bright-flowered groundcover so common and loved on the West Coast, but hardly known at all in the east. It?s a succulent, a lot like a short Sedum, but the flowers are the big thing--look at those sizzling hot pink daisies. Everybody loves them, and the plant spreads rapidly with trailing runners. Why are these plants so popular out west? Visit the Pacific coast, all the way from San Diego up to Seattle, and you'll see these little bright daisies everywhere--edging walks, filling planters, and adding great color under foundation plantings. Why don't we see them more in the east? See the story below, and get some going in your garden! Pick a site with full sun and gritty, sharp-draining soil, and add them to your garden. You'll be amazed at the big show! The Ice Plant story. Garden expert Todd Boland, a horticulturalist at The College of the North Atlantic, in Newfoundland, explains it all in one of his articles at DavesGarden.com. (Link below.) It seems a famous garden expert named Panayoti Kelaidis of the Denver Botanical Garden is almost single-handedly responsible for introducing these beauties to the US. They are from South Africa, and Mr. Kelaidis traveled there to find new plants suitable for growing in the dry, gritty soils of our western states. The Delospermas he introduced are now great favorites, especially in California. But as Mr. Boland points out, there's no reason eastern and mid-western gardeners cant enjoy Ice Plants. Mr. Boland actually brings D. cooperi, one of the most cold-hardy, through his wet cold winters in Newfoundland, so don't worry about the plants hardiness! The name? They're called Ice Plants because the succulent leaves produce clear crystals that glint in the sun and sometimes seem to appear as frost. Buy Seeds Online ,Organic Seeds ,Heirloom Seeds ,Non-GMO Seeds ,Vegetable Seeds ,Flower Seeds ,Herb Seeds ,Fruit Seeds ,Garden Seeds ,Seed Starter Kits ,Rare Seeds ,Bulk Seeds ,Indoor Gardening Seeds ,Seed Catalog ,Seed Packs for Sale ,Sustainable Seeds ,Greenhouse Seeds ,Seed Suppliers ,Planting Seeds ,Home Garden Seeds