Aptenia cordifolia is a perennial, prostrate, ground-covering herb with small heart-shaped, glossy green succulent leaves sparkling in the sun. It appear to crawl along the soil and hug the ground forming a tight, almost clipped appearance and stays green year-round. Aptenia is a popular, maintenance-free ground cover used extensively to cover banks and slopes through-out the tropics and warmer temperate areas of the world. It is one of the more easily cultivated succulent species.
Common Names include: Rock rose, Noon flower, Heart-leaf iceplant, Dew plant, Heartleaf iceplant, Red apple, Ice Plant, Aptenia, Baby Sun Rose
Temp zones: 8B-11
Frost tolerance: will handle temperatures down to - 7° C/ 19.4 F
Sun exposure: Sun to half-shade.
Origin: eastern coastal region of the Cape Province
Growth habits: Plants grow no taller than about 7-10 cm but can climb on neighboring vegetation cloaking the base of trees and shrubs up to 2 metres tall, and forming a thick mat by growing over itself.
Watering needs: Water regularly when soil becomes dry, characteristics indicate that it can over-summer without water and then grow vigorously during the rainy season, although constantly wet soil can cause it to rot.
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Bloom Season
Flower Color
Growth Rate
Hardiness Zone
Mature Size
Resistance
Sun Exposure
| Bloom Season | July – October |
|---|---|
| Bloom Season | Late spring/early summer |
| Botanical Name | Aptenia cordifolia |
| Botanical Name | Aptemia cordifolia |
| Common Name | Variegated Baby Sun Rose |
| Dormancy | Winter |
| Family | aizoaceae |
| Flower Color | Medium purple |
| Flower Color | Pink |
| Genus | Aptemia |
| Growth Habit | Trailing, hanging |
| Growth Rate | Fast growth |
| Hardiness Zone | 10a to 11 |
| Hardiness Zone | 8a to 10b |
| Mature Size | 612 in. (1530 Cm) |
| Mature Size | 612 inches |
| Native Area | South Africa |
| Resistance | 10°C |
| Resistance | 50 ºf |
| Sun Exposure | full sun |
- Description
- Key Plant Features
Aptenia cordifolia is a perennial, prostrate, ground-covering herb with small heart-shaped, glossy green succulent leaves sparkling in the sun. It appear to crawl along the soil and hug the ground forming a tight, almost clipped appearance and stays green year-round. Aptenia is a popular, maintenance-free ground cover used extensively to cover banks and slopes through-out the tropics and warmer temperate areas of the world. It is one of the more easily cultivated succulent species.
Common Names include: Rock rose, Noon flower, Heart-leaf iceplant, Dew plant, Heartleaf iceplant, Red apple, Ice Plant, Aptenia, Baby Sun Rose
Temp zones: 8B-11
Frost tolerance: will handle temperatures down to - 7° C/ 19.4 F
Sun exposure: Sun to half-shade.
Origin: eastern coastal region of the Cape Province
Growth habits: Plants grow no taller than about 7-10 cm but can climb on neighboring vegetation cloaking the base of trees and shrubs up to 2 metres tall, and forming a thick mat by growing over itself.
Watering needs: Water regularly when soil becomes dry, characteristics indicate that it can over-summer without water and then grow vigorously during the rainy season, although constantly wet soil can cause it to rot.
Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz
Bloom Season
Flower Color
Growth Rate
Hardiness Zone
Mature Size
Resistance
Sun Exposure
| Bloom Season | July – October |
|---|---|
| Bloom Season | Late spring/early summer |
| Botanical Name | Aptenia cordifolia |
| Botanical Name | Aptemia cordifolia |
| Common Name | Variegated Baby Sun Rose |
| Dormancy | Winter |
| Family | aizoaceae |
| Flower Color | Medium purple |
| Flower Color | Pink |
| Genus | Aptemia |
| Growth Habit | Trailing, hanging |
| Growth Rate | Fast growth |
| Hardiness Zone | 10a to 11 |
| Hardiness Zone | 8a to 10b |
| Mature Size | 612 in. (1530 Cm) |
| Mature Size | 612 inches |
| Native Area | South Africa |
| Resistance | 10°C |
| Resistance | 50 ºf |
| Sun Exposure | full sun |
