Hardy Succulents - Aizoaceae

[cohan]

Speaking of Stomatium, I'm pleased that my Stomatium species (received as S. patulum) is looking healthy and lively even after a mountain of snow melted away, and two clumps were then subjected to snowless deep freezes, rain, more snow, deep freezes again, and sun today.  I might be speaking too early, but the plant seems indifferent to what winter throws at it so far.

Great news! Its a really nice plant, great leaves..

[Hoy]

Mark, hope you get a lot of flowers too!

[Todd Boland]

Mark your Stomantium looks just like mine...I may have an ID!  And if patula survived for you, that increases the chances that I also have patula since we have similar hardiness zones.  I have 4 plants so I will plant one in my best-drained site and see what happens.

[McDonough]

Mark your Stomantium looks just like mine...I may have an ID!  And if patula survived for you, that increases the chances that I also have patula since we have similar hardiness zones.  I have 4 plants so I will plant one in my best-drained site and see what happens.

Excellent, we'll have to compare photos when (if) they flower, would like to have an ID on it.  It is continuing to color up, showing strong pinkish leaf coloration.  Dropped back down to 25 F (-4 C) but this one seems weather resistant so far.

[Kelaidis]

Great to see your mesembs doing so well, Mark. And as for your inquiry, John, we have had over 100 taxa of mesembs make it through at least one winter: most of them are marked 17 or 18 on Mesa Gardens list (where many originated). There will surely be several hundred. I have compiled these in ab ook that should have been published this year, but I dragged my feet!


Sorry I have been absent: too much happening at work and in the garden!

[Weiser]

Thought you guys and gals would like to see my latest photos of Delosperma sphalmanthoides. It is in full bloom right now.

[Martin Tversted]

HEre Delosperma sphalmanthoides is also flowering. Lots of activities with the hardy mesembs right now. The Neohenricia and Neohenricia x Mossia plants have started growing and so all Delos. First Bergeranthus were in flower yesterday. New forms of Delos will soon flower and old friends will soon forfill my expectations from viewing pictures all winter. Allways interesting to get new locality plants even without species names. Must key them out (at some point I think all delo names sould be reset and start all over again with naming them!)
There has been some fantastic pictures in the this thread. Many plants I could only dream on having here.
Have any of you tried Mestoklema? I have had tuberosum surviving 4 years in the unheated greenhouse being solid frozen for months at a time and never freezing back. Now I have uprooted them and 60-70 cm of taproot and planted them in a large pot, maybe that will kill them? At least I have plenty of seeds.

Martin

[RickR]

John, that Delosperma sphalmanthoides is spectacular! 

The flowers seem much larger than other delospermas, or is it just that the foliage is smaller?

[Weiser]

John, that Delosperma sphalmanthoides is spectacular! 

The flowers seem much larger than other Delospermas, or is it just that the foliage is smaller?

It's all smaller!! This is a tiny Delosperma perfect for a trough. The whole mat meassures about six inches across. The leaves are gray/green, half an inch long all pointing toward the sky. The flowers are half an inch maybe, a little smaller than a dime. It only puts out a flush of bloom in early spring.
Just an example of macro and zoom capabilities. Just giving you the ant's eye view!!

[McDonough]

My Stomatium ?patulum mustillinum is blooming.  I was seeing little yellow buds, but they never seemed to open.  Lo and behold, this is a night blooming plant!  Is this typical for Stomatium?  It is one of the few of the "hardy mesembs" and related Aizoaceae to actually overwinter, and this one came through just fine.



Note: these photos taken with my new HTC Thunderbolt 4G Droid phone, most all photos I've tried taken with it so far, are totally blurred; I'll have to play around with the settings.

[Weiser]

My Stomatium ?patulum is blooming.  I was seeing little yellow buds, but they never seemed to open.  Lo and behold, this is a night blooming plant! 

Mark
Forgive me while I chuckle.  I made the same mistake six years ago. 
Glad to see it doing well for you. Try this name for it Stomatium mustillnum. I find it to be very hardy and have never had dieback or damage on mine. I get two flushes of bloom one in the spring and another in the fall after the heat of summer passes. It is definitely a keeper!! 

[McDonough]

My Stomatium ?patulum is blooming.  I was seeing little yellow buds, but they never seemed to open.  Lo and behold, this is a night blooming plant! 

Mark
Forgive me while I chuckle.  I made the same mistake six years ago. 
Glad to see it doing well for you. Try this name for it Stomatium mustillnum. I find it to be very hardy and have never had dieback or damage on mine. I get two flushes of bloom one in the spring and another in the fall after the heat of summer passes. It is definitely a keeper!! 

Thanks John, glad to know it's real name... I had received it as S. patulum with a note from the sender saying it probably wasn't that species.  Here are some links.  The flowers are described as deliciously fragrant, but I haven't gone out with a flashlight to check.

Stomatium mustillinum
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/108386/

Stomatium mustillinum available at High Country Gardens along with several more Zone 5 rated hardy ice plants, all of which look very tempting.
http://www.highcountrygardens.com/catalog/product/92971/

[McDonough]

Another new one blooming for me, was received in 2010 as Delosperma 'Tiffindell'.  Googling, I see one named 'Tiffindell Magenta'.  Are there actually two different cultivars; 'Tiffindell' and 'Tiffindell Magenta'?  Anyone know anything about this selection, it's a real beauty.  My plant does not look like 'Tiffindell Magenta'; the flowers here are a lighter pink with pale eye, much prettier than the "magenta" form.

[Kelaidis]

Can't believe no one commented on your fabulous delo pic: your Tiffendell comes from the one on my earlier posting. I believe it traces to a collection by Dan Johnson at the Tiffendell resort. I suspect Tiffendell Magenta could be a closely related plant (I think they are in the lavisiae complex), many people have been up there...

Thrilled to see them doing well and that your Stomatium is blooming!

[RickR]

Somehow I missed your last posts, Mark. 

They are indeed an enviable bunch!  The color on the Delo is most intoxicating.