These pretty little flowers are call vygie (sounds like jiggy).  It’s a blooming kind of succulent plant without thorns - unlike cactus. In California, I’ve seen them grown in rock gardens and also used as ground cover in parking lots.

These were my vygies from last summer.  They have survived the cold weather, but no blossoms yet. Probably in spring or summer. They are completely easy to grow and propagate too.  And best of all they are drought tolerant plants so require very little water.  The bright colorful flowers are the best part of this plant.

There are 1700 species of this plant and a large percentage of them are found in South Africa.  I like the colorful type with bright flowers.

Oscularia species The plant flowers en masse in Fall & the blooms nearly obscure the foliage! Grows in less than perfect soil with minimal water & always looks great! - Annie’s

Annie’s Annuals and Perrenials, a seed and plant nursery in Richmond, California has many type of vygie available for sale.  Many of them look like ice plants with  many bright blossoms.

I love the little description they give of the plants too.  If I am ever in the area, I will have to stop by and pick out some nice plants - especially the vygies!

Here are some more of my favorites from Annie’s:

“Cherry Bomb” In full, glorious bloom, this shrubby, trailing succulent glows with hundreds of nearly florescent pink flowers! Each is about an inch across & together they blanket the foliage for a month or more in Spring.

“Lipstick Iceplant” Large phenomenally brilliant true red blooms without even a hint of yellow will slay you the first time they open. 3” across & silky-glowy, they appear most in Spring & again in Fall & Winter in our mild climate.

Photo and description from Annie’s Annuals and Perennials. Open to the Public 7 DAYS A WEEK, 9-4* 740 Market Ave. in Richmond, CA

These are nice also succulents: Aeonium “Blushing Beauty”. I took this photo at Target’s garden center.