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Everybody loves them, and the plant spreads rapidly with trailing runners.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy are these plants so popular out west?\u003c\/strong\u003e Visit the Pacific coast, all the way from San Diego up to Seattle, and you'll see these little bright daisies everywhere--edging walks, filling planters, and adding great color under foundation plantings.  Why don't we see them more in the east?  See the story below, and get some going in your garden!  Pick a site with full sun and gritty, sharp-draining soil, and add them to your garden.  You'll be amazed at the big show!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The Ice Plant story. \u003c\/strong\u003eGarden expert Todd Boland, a horticulturalist at The College of the North Atlantic, in Newfoundland, explains it all in one of his articles at DavesGarden.com. (Link below.)  It seems a famous garden expert named  Panayoti Kelaidis of the Denver Botanical Garden is almost single-handedly responsible for introducing these beauties to the US.  They are from South Africa, and Mr. Kelaidis traveled there to find new plants suitable for growing in the dry, gritty soils of our western states.  The Delospermas he introduced are now great favorites, especially in California.  But as Mr. Boland points out, there's no reason eastern and mid-western gardeners cant enjoy Ice Plants.  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