Ruschia pulvinaris

Ruschia pulvinaris, Creeping Ice Plant is a low-growing South African succulent with woody stems and compact foliage and a highly colourful - almost fluorescent - magenta flower. Highly floriferous, Ruschia pulvinaris will start flowering in mid-Spring and continue throughout the summer, covering itself in dozens of its dazzling bright blooms. An ideal container plant in a low terracotta pot, Ruschia pulvinaris can be be grown in a warm sheltered pot in some more favoured UK locations or brought indoors for the winter in colder locations.

It requires a free-draining substrate and full sun.