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Pretty, but Not 'Nice': California's Invasive Ice Plant

By Pauline Bartolone,

2024-08-15

By Pauline Bartolone,

2024-08-15

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Gerald E. Hill, Jr

08-16

Huh? This, along with oleander were promoted waaay back in the sixties.Ice plant was used everywhere, along SR-101, say. My father sold lots of ice plant weeder, a chemical that trimmed it. It kept out most weeds if it was lush enough. Was better than a lot of CalTrans craziness!

T B

08-15

The US Army planted most of it during WW2.

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