icicle plant

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).

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.