I walked out into the patio this morning and this bright pink flower immediately caught my attention. Click on the image to enlarge.
From Wikipedia:
Trailing Ice Plant or “Pink Carpet” is a dwarf perennial plant, native to South Africa. It forms a dense lawn with abundant, long-lasting flowering. It will reach sizes of approximately six inches tall.
The flowers are the most brilliant aspect of this plant, with the production of a great quantity of vermilion, magenta or pink flowers that will often cover the entire site, hence the popular name “pink carpet”. The plant contains ramified stems that are spread out, carrying sheets opposed, and are long and narrow, with the end of the stems increasing into a quantity of isolated small flowers, with diameters ranging from 1.5 to 2 inches.
