How to Use ice plant in a Sentence

ice plant

noun
  • And invasive plants such as ice plant also can be food for them.
    — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • And invasive species such as ice plant also can be food for them.
    — Phil Diehl, latimes.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The ice plant was built when the borough was booming, at the turn of the last century.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In the cities and towns, golden light shines down on ice plants and bougainvillea, and that is beautiful too.
    — Lydia Kiesling, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2018
  • In fact, ice plant must have very good drainage and suffers if it is overwatered or fertilized.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, ice plant must have very good drainage and suffers if it is overwatered or fertilized.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Delosperma, also known as ice plant, is a hardy perennial that blooms from spring to frost.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 May 2022
  • Remove ice plant and replace it with trees and shrubs that have deep, woody, stabilizing roots.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
  • In just five years, the town had a railway station, a country club, a department store and an ice plant.
    — 1843, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Sandy, rocky soil and extreme heat will never phase ice plant, which originates from Africa.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Birds carry ice plant seeds into natural areas; seeds quickly sprout and form dense mats of foliage.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Adaptive reuse is the architectural term of art to describe what Adjaye has done with the ice plant.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • More than half of the Reserve is covered with nonnative invasive plants like mustard and ice plant.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Delosperma is probably the genus most recognized as the original ice plant.
    — Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 24 June 2024
  • Many of the first businesses, including a motel, ice plant, water works and cotton gin, were built by the King Ranch.
    — ExpressNews.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • While this succulent has colorful daisy-like blooms and can level up a garden space, avoid ice plant (Delosperma) as a ground cover.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 1 May 2026
  • Some ice plant species are invasive so check the invasive plant list for your geographical region before growing.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Some ice plant species are invasive so check the invasive plant list for your geographical region before growing.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Plant or prune ground covers to clear dead portions and stimulate new growth — including ice plant, ivy, potentilla and wild strawberry.
    — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
  • One of the best at blanketing the landscape with blooms, Granita Orange ice plant only grows about two inches tall, but can spread several feet.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Moms pushed babies in strollers on a road divided by a median of blowing sand and creeping ice plant succulents, still striped with dotted white lines marking what used to be driving lanes.
    — Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • When the local ice plant stopped functioning for a few days earlier this month, fishermen were forced to get ice from another plant a few miles away, a taxi trip that added to their ever-growing bills.
    — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The suit also points to the presence of non-native ice plant, a water-heavy vegetation said to accelerate erosion, and the thirsty but non-native palms trees at the top of the stairs to the beach.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The organization also is bringing 300 goats to graze on overgrown invasive weeds, such as fennel, ice plant and other non-native plants.
    — Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The Army funneled the creeks into culverts and planted nonnative ivy, eucalyptus and ice plant over the riparian habitat, choking out native plants.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Incidentally, delosperma shouldn’t be confused with highway ice plant (with the botanical name, Carpobrutus).
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Earlier this year, a shipping container financed by the government of Iceland and designed to store fish, make ice and reduce the fishermen’s dependence on the local ice plant, was installed in Goderich.
    — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The four blocks surrounding this intersection were occupied in the early 1900s by rice mills, an ice plant, horse and mule stables, a yarn and hosiery factory and a streetcar barn; the streets themselves were paved in granite stones.
    — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Black recalled a high-stakes situation during the Checkers’ first season at Bojangles Coliseum in 2015 when the venue’s ice plant broke just weeks before the home opener.
    — Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Incidentally, delosperma shouldn’t be confused with another plant, also called ice plant, which actually is a different and invasive species with the botanical name, Carpobrotus.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 19 Jan. 2021

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