Archive for December, 2009

Eric’s Pet Plant: Carpet Weed (Cheiridopsis purpurea)

In this post, our friend Eric over at Yale’s Marsh Gardens reports on his new pet greenhouse, which will include  – finally! – a proper environment large enough to house the significant collections of desert plants. The cheiridopsis, an iceplant-relative that like most of them is only a weed in warmer climes, is about to be one very happy camper. (Eric, too, once the dust clears.)

the (currently somewhat cramped) carpet weed

the (currently somewhat cramped) carpet weed

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