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ht: 2 in. tall x 8 in. wide
fc: white with yellow center
lc: green
so, in: sunscapes.net (online catalog 2001)

ht: 1-2 in. tall x 6 in. wide
ha: forms tight, low clumps
fc: pink
or: chance hybrid of unknown parentage at H & H Botanicals before 2001
so: H & H Botanicals

Delosperma 'Beaufort West'

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Juniper Level Botanical Gardens, Raleigh, NC. Spring 2004.

fc: pink
fd: very small
lc: dark to medium green
or: collected from the Niewveld Mts near Beaufort West, Karroo, South Africa
ns: species affinity is unknown. It is sold in the trade under this place name.
so: H & H Botanicals

Delosperma cooperi 'Alba'

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North Carolina Botanical Garden. Summer 2003.

fc: rays white
fd: smaller than species typical, often only 0.75-1.1 inches wide.

ht: 1 in. tall x 8 in. wide - smaller than species typicalk
fc: magenta pink (as species)
lc: light, bright green
ch: more cold hardy than species
so, in: sunscapes.net (online catalog 2001)

Delosperma floribundum 'Starburst'

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JC Raulston Arboretum. Summer 2003.

ht: 4 in. tall x 14-18 in wide
fc: bright orchid pink (actually more magenta) with white at the base for a white-centered
fc: effect
fd: 1 in.
or: Denver Bot. Garden and Colorado State Univ.
ch: more cold hardy than species typical, USDA 4-5
so: Wayside Gardens

ht: 2 in. tall x 8 in. wide or more
fc: white
or: white-flowered sport of 'Gold Nugget'

ht: 2 in. tall x 18 in. wide
ha: low, vigorous
fc: bright magenta pink with white eye, brighter than D. cooperi
ls: narrow, finger-like. Blades are flatter than D. cooperi.
lc: greener than D. cooperi
or: possibly a hybrid of D. cooperi
ch: more cold hardy than D. cooperi
eval: considered a replacement for D. cooperi by many growers
or: private garden (unidentified) Denver CO USA
in, tm: Plant Select, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO USA 2002 adding this trademark
ns: the plant has been offered under this cultivar name before the trademark was appended.
so: Glasshouse Works
li: American Nurseryman 194(12): 68 (2001) [first use of trademark name on record]

Delosperma MESA VERDE™ 'Kalaidis' (1/02)

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Juniper Level Botanical Gardens, Raleigh, NC. Spring 2004.

ht: low, prostrate
fc: bright salmon pink
or: hybrid observed at Denver Bot. Gard.
ch: 4b
in: Plant Select, Fort Collins CO USA 2002
li: American Nurseryman 194(12): 68 (2001)

ht: 2 in. tall x 8 in. wide
fc: white with yellow stamens
lc: gray-green
or: collected in Great Karoo Mountains, South Africa
so, in: sunscapes.net (online catalog 2001)

fc: ruby red
fq: very floriferous
so: Arrowhead Alpines (see this link for several other species)

Delosperma sutherlandii

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JC Raulston Arboretum. Spring 2004.

fc: light to medium magenta-pink, centered white. Rays white at the base, giving an eyezone effect.
lc: more glaucous blue-green than D. cooperi.

in: Winter Flora Plant Centre, Sussex UK 2004, listed in the RHS PLANT FINDER that year.

Delosperma 'Tiffindell Magenta' (4/4)

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Juniper Level Botanical Gardens, Raleigh, NC. Spring 2004.

ht: 1 in. tall x 18 in. wide
ha: procumbent, denser than D. cooperi
fc: rich magenta pink
fd: smaller than D. cooperi, giving a finer texture
bt: earlier than D. cooperi
in, or: Highcountrygardens.com (online catalog 2004)