icicle plant

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English

Helichrysum thianschanicum 'Icicles'

Noun

icicle plant (plural icicle plants)

  1. A plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae, with long, powdery-white leaves (Helichrysum thianschanicum).
    • 2006, Miracle-Gro, Instant Gardens: High-Impact Makeovers That Look Great Right Now, page 54:
      Deck out your view with a winter motif using small-in-stature Alberta spruce (which will maintain its chartreuse green color all winter) and icicle plant (which may fail to overwinter in some climates but holds its icy white form).
  2. Alternative form of ice plant.
    • 2007, California Garden, page 33:
      As an example, I looked up alternatives to icicle plant (mesembryanthemum) for the Southern California area and found eight different species, including several local native ground covers that could be substituted for the ubiquitous succulent along our freeways.
    • 1970, Weldon Philip Keller, Under desert skies, page 231:
      So-called icicle plants, their leaves thick and waxen, crept across the drifting dunes, adorning them with their own beautiful blooms.
    • 2008, Jahnets, The Rad of Jahnets:
      So, I watched from behind an icicle plant bank getting angrier and angrier by the minute.
    • 2002, Sybille Engels, Basic Gardening: Everything You Need to Make Your Garden Grow:
      Mesembryanthemum criniflorum or Dorotheanthus bellidiformis Also known as ice plant, icicle plant, pebble plant, and fig marigold.

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