Lampranthus EXPLOSION® ‘Red’

Common Name:
Lampranthus EXPLOSION® ‘Red’
Red Ice Plant

Description:
Lampranthus EXPLOSION® ‘Red’ is a compact, spreading succulent ground cover grown for its spectacular display of brilliant red, daisy-like flowers. The intensely coloured blooms are produced in abundance above dense, fleshy green foliage, creating an eye-catching carpet of colour in sunny garden positions. Particularly effective in rockeries, along retaining walls, on embankments, in coastal-style landscapes and spilling from pots, it provides excellent colour while requiring relatively little maintenance. In Melbourne, EXPLOSION® ‘Red’ performs best in full sun and freely draining soil, where flowering is at its most prolific and the foliage remains compact. Once established, it has good drought tolerance and is well suited to water-wise gardens. Its main floral display occurs during spring, with flowering often continuing into summer under favourable conditions. Avoid waterlogged or persistently wet soil, particularly during Melbourne's cool, wet winters.

Form:

• Ground Cover
• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:

• Height: 20–30 cm
• Width: 60–100 cm

Aspect:

• Full Sun

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring
• Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:

• Bright red
• Red

Key Attributes:

• Bee Attracting
• Drought Tolerant
• Perennial
• Suitable for Coastal Gardens
• Suitable for Pots
• Water-wise

Toxicity:
Lampranthus is not generally regarded as highly toxic to humans, dogs or cats. As this is an ornamental plant not intended for consumption, ingestion should be discouraged and may cause gastrointestinal irritation.

Companion Plants:

• Agave
• Aloe
• Convolvulus cneorum
• Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’
• Leucophyta brownii
• Lomandra
• Sedum

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.