Ice Plant ‘Fire Spinner®’

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3.5" Perennial
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Regularly: $6.99 ea

Ice Plant ‘Fire Spinner®’

Scott's Nursery Ltd.

$6.99
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Prepare for an absolute kaleidoscope of electric colour that will make your jaw drop! This spectacular, low-growing succulent groundcover creates a plush, rubbery mat of bright apple-green leaves. In late spring, the foliage completely vanishes beneath a dazzling canopy of shimmering, daisy-like blossoms. Flaunting a brilliant multi-toned look, each flower features a vibrant, deep orange-to-bronze outer ring that blends into an electric magenta-pink center, all wrapped around a crisp white eye that shines brilliantly under the blazing summer sun.
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Plant Details

Mature Size:

3" H x 18" W

Zone:

5-9

Watering:

Low

Type:

Succulent Perennial

Growth Rate:

Fast

Light:

Full Sun

Plant Profile

Common Names:

Hardy Ice Plant, Cooper's Ice Plant, and Carpet-of-Stars

Scientific Name:

Delosperma 'P001S'

Type:

Spiller / Groundcover

Growth Details:

Mature Size: Keeps an ultra-low profile of 2–3 inches tall with a broad, trailing spread of 12–18 inches.

Growth Habit & Form: Prostrate, creeping, and mat-forming, creating a densely interwoven, succulent carpet that smothers weeds.

Growth Rate: Fast-growing groundcover that quickly blankets bare earth and open garden gaps within a single season.

Flowering & Flower Colour: Produces an abundance of 1.5-inch wide daisy-like blossoms featuring a high-contrast blend of orange, magenta, and white.

Flowering Time: A show-stopping, prolific bloom cycle explodes in late spring and continues with lighter, sporadic reblooming through summer.

Environmental Needs:

Exposure: Unfiltered, open full sun is essential to keep the flowers open and prevent the mat from thinning out.

Soil Preferences: Thrives effortlessly in poor, lean, sandy, gravelly, or sharply draining rocky soil textures.

Soil Tolerance: Highly tolerant of infertile, alkaline, acidic, and shallow soils, but has zero tolerance for heavy, water-retaining clay.

Watering: Minimal water intervention; rely entirely on natural rainfall and water manually only during severe, multi-week droughts.

Container Role: Functions as an exceptional, cascading "Spiller" along the outer rims of stone urns, strawberry planters, or sunny window boxes.

Special Features:

Elite Plant Select® Introduction: Discovered at high elevations in South Africa and brought to market via the Plant Select® program for its superior hardiness and unparalleled flower colour.

Resistances: Outstanding built-in resistance to browsing deer, rabbits, and common insect pests due to its tough, water-storing leaves.

Fire-Smart: Its thick, moisture-storing succulent leaves make it an excellent choice for fire-resistant landscaping zones around properties.
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Ornamental & Landscape Value

Seasonal Interest:

Bloom Information: Massive, highly showy bicolour flowers completely cover the plant for weeks in spring, opening fully on sunny days and closing at night.

Fall Colour: The fleshy, needle-like green leaves develop subtle, attractive purple or bronze tones as autumn temperatures drop.

Winter Interest: True evergreen; the dense succulent mat holds its structure through the winter months, providing excellent texture against bare dirt.

Garden Value:

This plant delivers massive landscaping value by acting as an industrial-strength groundcover that transforms hot, dry spaces where grass and traditional perennials fail. It is heavily utilized for modern rock gardens, dry slopes, alpine troughs, pathway crevices, rooftop gardens, and framing steep sunny banks where it controls erosion beautifully.

Wildlife & Human Value:

Wildlife Value: The bright, neon-like blossoms act as a powerful beacon for native pollinators, drawing in clouds of honeybees, bumblebees, and butterflies all summer.

Human Value: Delivers a gorgeous, water-saving alternative to traditional grass lawns, saves hours of maintenance time on steep hillsides, and brings immediate modern curb appeal to difficult, sun-baked landscapes.

Planting & Care Guide

Planting Considerations:

Best Time To Plant: Late spring through early summer once the soil warms up and any threat of severe frost is completely gone.

Spacing: Space individual starter plugs 12 to 15 inches apart to give them room to weave together into a seamless carpet.

Location Tips: Select elevated beds, slopes, or gravelly zones with premium drainage; absolutely avoid low-lying pockets where water puddles collect.

Companion Plants: Pairs flawlessly with other sun-worshiping, low-water plants like Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum), Blue Spruce Sedum (Sedum rupestre), Blue Fescue Grass, and creeping Thyme.

Care:

Light Requirements: Demands full, bright sun, requiring at least 6 hours of unshaded direct sunlight daily to open its brilliant multi-toned flowers and maintain its tight succulent mat.

Moisture Requirements: Extremely low moisture needs once established; the root zone must dry out completely between waterings, as damp or soggy conditions are fatal.

Maintenance & Fertilization: Strictly zero-maintenance; never use heavy chemical fertilizers as they cause the fleshy stems to turn soft, loose, and rot-prone. Simply tidy up any winter-damaged foliage tips in early spring to encourage fresh, rapid spreading.

Tolerances:

Drought, Intense Heat, Poor Dry Soils, Shallow Rocky Soils, Road Salt, Deer, and Rabbits.

Tips For Success:

Avoid Organic Mulch: Never use heavy wood bark mulch around this plant as it traps rotting moisture against the crown; use pea gravel, grit, or crushed stone instead.

The Dry Winter Trick: This plant is incredibly cold-hardy, but it cannot handle freezing wet soil in winter. Plant it on a slope or in sandy soil to ensure it stays dry during winter thaws.

Propagating: Incredibly easy to multiply; simply snap off a trailing stem, press it into bare, damp soil, and it will develop roots within days.
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