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Aberdeen Sheepfig

Delosperma aberdeenense

Aberdeen Sheepfig
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0

Delosperma aberdeenense, the Aberdeen dew plant, is a low succulent subshrub from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, grown for its daisy-like flowers. It needs a sunny, free-draining spot and very little water.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings, and water less in winter.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained mix.
Temperature
15-30 °C; tolerates light frost when dry, protect below -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Delosperma aberdeenense, called the Aberdeen dew plant, is a species of flowering plant in the ice plant family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Delosperma plants

Hardy Iceplant · Drakensberg Sheepfig · Delosperma lehmannii · Delosperma napiforme · Fire Sheepfig · Sheepfigs

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Delosperma aberdeenense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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