Plant ID(s) please

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• Alan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190

  May 2023

  Both are Carpobrotus edulis, the Hottentot Fig, native to South Africa.

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• johnnypenstemon Posts: 120

  May 2023

  Alan Clark2 in Liverpool said:

  Both are Carpobrotus edulis, the Hottentot Fig, native to South Africa.

  Thanks so much. Amazingly, that’s what my notoriously unreliable plant ID app came up with, but I doubted it.

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• bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

  May 2023

  We have one that we rescued a few years back. It is growing well (indoors) and we would love it if it flowered.
  

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• KeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831

  May 2023

  It's classified as invasive in a few countries @johnnypenstemon I've seen it carpeting cliffs in the South West of the UK, where I believe it is considered a threat to native plants. 
  
  If you want something with similar foliage and flowers, and not invasive, try Delosperma. You can get them in various colours. We have always found them to be hardy, but we are in the South East. If you give them very good drainage that will help them get through Winter.
  
  
  

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• johnnypenstemon Posts: 120

  May 2023

  KeenOnGreen said:

  It's classified as invasive in a few countries @johnnypenstemon I've seen it carpeting cliffs in the South West of the UK, where I believe it is considered a threat to native plants. 
  
  If you want something with similar foliage and flowers, and not invasive, try Delosperma. You can get them in various colours. We have always found them to be hardy, but we are in the South East. If you give them very good drainage that will help them get through Winter.
  
  
  

  I missed your post KOG but many thanks belatedly; it’s not for me but I’ll pass this excellent recommendation on to the interested party. Cheers, Johnny

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