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Pigface

Carpobrotus glaucescens · Aizoaceae

A hardy coastal succulent forming a fleshy mat that sprawls over dunes and rocks, bright with magenta-pink flowers and edible salty-sweet fruit. Superb for sandy, salt-blasted sites.

At a glance

  • Habit
    Succulent & Cactus
  • Light
    Full Sun
  • Water
    Drought-Tolerant
  • Soil
    Sandy Soil, Well-Drained, Poor / Infertile Soil
  • Climate
    Warm Temperate, Subtropical, Mediterranean
  • Frost
    Frost-Tender
  • Mature size
    0.15 m H × 2 m W
  • Foliage
    Evergreen
  • Flowering
    Spring Flowering, Summer Flowering
  • Growth rate
    Fast-Growing
  • Maintenance
    Low Maintenance

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