As a kid we’d climb to the top of a hill covered in this ice plant, carrying a piece of cardboard, and slide down the hill, the squishy insides of the plant made you slide super fast!
metrokab
This plant was on the hillside outside of my childhood home, it saved our house from a wildfire. This was 50 years ago, but I will never forget this plant.
dinglebobbins
Used to mark hopscotch lines on sidewalk with this stuff.
kurious-katttt
Invasive ice plant. Don’t propagate
dmw_qqqq
we call it ice plant.
Itstheswanno
Is this not Pigface?
No_Assignment_9721
Super fun to slide down it on cardboard is what it is!
Also called ice plant
FionaTheElf
We had these all over the San Francisco Bay Area. Used them when we pretended to cook, as kids.
FarStay3836
Ice Plant. Was used a lot in the 50’s or 60’s for erosion control in California but was ultimately banned
fromhelley
Rodents love it! They live and breed there!
blutopaz80
Thats ice plant. Its what we had in our yar when I lives in San Pedro.
EF_Boudreaux
Ice vine
TXsweetmesquite
It’s definitely a *Carpobrotus*, but depending where you are, it could be a number of species. *C. edulis* and *C. chilensis* are the more notably invasive in North America, and it should be noted that they can readily hybridize.
ProperPropGod
Invasive and useless. Needs to be killed off.
sharksrReal
West Coast nurseries sell Delosperma which is similar to Carprobrutus but not invasive.
TheChurlishPorpoise
“Sour fig” or “Cape fig” are the common names in South Africa where this plant originates. After they flower, the fruits are encased in a soft, but thick body that you peel away and suck out the thick juice. We used to eat them all the time in Cape Town and surrounding areas! An amazing combo of sweet, salt and sour.
Edit: spelling error
sofa-kingdom-89
when we were young, my sister told me these were where french fries came from
Top-Mind5419
I hate iceplant!
7LeagueBoots
Horrible plant outside of its native range in South Africa.
In the places it was imported, and especially in California, it’s a very difficult to remove destructive invasive plant. Even small bits of root result in a new plant, so removing it takes an enormous amount of work and many returns to the site. And it’s difficult to dispose of as being a succulent it doesn’t burn well and can survive extended periods with no water.
The introduction of ice plant plants as one of the worse decisions that was made in terms of species introductions.
smthomaspatel
I hate this plant. They planted it as a cliff stabilizer at the beach. It very much is not. Quite the opposite.
Now it’s everywhere coastal. It does fine with salt spray. It only hates freezing which doesn’t happen on the California coast. In San Diego you see large patches of it in natural areas.
SeparateSpeaker6682
Plant it!
Due-Active-1741
Man, that brings back memories. My grandparents had a slope with ice plant, back in the 70s and 80s, in East County San Diego. Since I’ve moved away from that area, had no idea it’s now been banned.
actuallyanicehuman
Yes clippings work well, take the stalk and hold in water. These work amazing for sunburn and jellyfish stings.(the succulent sap)
Content-Most4653
Don’t know but it looks super easy to propagate and wasn’t surprised to see the comments that it was invasive
mikeo999
Wow, in Colorado, it is a very well-behaved plant. Short-lived perennials cold and wet gives it hell.
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It’s iceplant. It used to be used to stabilize hillsides.
Carpobrotus edulis
# Carpobrotus edulis, you can but it’s invasive in a lot of areas
On the other hand I love the ice in my garden
https://preview.redd.it/4q8i18nmdmif1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44bc0f9f9f3ef90f90669b2e8c3d8f299f877c8e
It won’t burn, so there is that.
As a kid we’d climb to the top of a hill covered in this ice plant, carrying a piece of cardboard, and slide down the hill, the squishy insides of the plant made you slide super fast!
This plant was on the hillside outside of my childhood home, it saved our house from a wildfire. This was 50 years ago, but I will never forget this plant.
Used to mark hopscotch lines on sidewalk with this stuff.
Invasive ice plant. Don’t propagate
we call it ice plant.
Is this not Pigface?
Super fun to slide down it on cardboard is what it is!
Also called ice plant
We had these all over the San Francisco Bay Area. Used them when we pretended to cook, as kids.
Ice Plant. Was used a lot in the 50’s or 60’s for erosion control in California but was ultimately banned
Rodents love it! They live and breed there!
Thats ice plant. Its what we had in our yar when I lives in San Pedro.
Ice vine
It’s definitely a *Carpobrotus*, but depending where you are, it could be a number of species. *C. edulis* and *C. chilensis* are the more notably invasive in North America, and it should be noted that they can readily hybridize.
Invasive and useless. Needs to be killed off.
West Coast nurseries sell Delosperma which is similar to Carprobrutus but not invasive.
“Sour fig” or “Cape fig” are the common names in South Africa where this plant originates. After they flower, the fruits are encased in a soft, but thick body that you peel away and suck out the thick juice. We used to eat them all the time in Cape Town and surrounding areas! An amazing combo of sweet, salt and sour.
Edit: spelling error
when we were young, my sister told me these were where french fries came from
I hate iceplant!
Horrible plant outside of its native range in South Africa.
In the places it was imported, and especially in California, it’s a very difficult to remove destructive invasive plant. Even small bits of root result in a new plant, so removing it takes an enormous amount of work and many returns to the site. And it’s difficult to dispose of as being a succulent it doesn’t burn well and can survive extended periods with no water.
The introduction of ice plant plants as one of the worse decisions that was made in terms of species introductions.
I hate this plant. They planted it as a cliff stabilizer at the beach. It very much is not. Quite the opposite.
Now it’s everywhere coastal. It does fine with salt spray. It only hates freezing which doesn’t happen on the California coast. In San Diego you see large patches of it in natural areas.
Plant it!
Man, that brings back memories. My grandparents had a slope with ice plant, back in the 70s and 80s, in East County San Diego. Since I’ve moved away from that area, had no idea it’s now been banned.
Yes clippings work well, take the stalk and hold in water. These work amazing for sunburn and jellyfish stings.(the succulent sap)
Don’t know but it looks super easy to propagate and wasn’t surprised to see the comments that it was invasive
Wow, in Colorado, it is a very well-behaved plant. Short-lived perennials cold and wet gives it hell.
Looks like pigface