Sedum - Stonecrop
Sedum | Over 400 varieties, bloom from summer to late fall, easy to propagate, succulent-like foliage, easy to grow.
| Sedum | Perennial |
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| Bloom Time | Varies |
| Light | Full Sun - Part Shade |
| Water | Wet Boggy Soil |
| Diseases | Crown Rot, Leaf Spot, Rust, Rot |
| Pests | Mealy Bugs, Nematodes, Scale |
| Propagation | Divisions, Cuttings, Seed |
| Color | White, Pink, Red, Purple, Yellow |
| Zones | 3 - 9 |
| Features | Deer Resistant, Cut Flowers |
Sedum 'Creeping Red' Rock gardens, borders, edging, under shady trees and steep banks will come alive with carefree color of the Creeping Red Sedum. 'Fulda Glow' is an improved variety of Dragon's Blood sedum that sports attractive bronze-red foliage all season long! Place these hardy, northern, nursery-grown divisions about 1' apart.
They fill troublesome areas with neat 3-4" tall cover. Spreads fast. Does not need pruning. Tolerant of dry infertile soils and is useful for covering difficult places and providing erosion control on banks. Bright red, star like flowers cover the Creeping Red Sedum plant from June through September. Semi-evergreen foliage, even in sub-zero weather. An excellent groundcover!
Sedum's are nearly the perfect plants. They look good from the moment they emerge from the soil in spring and continue to look fresh and fabulous all growing season long.
Many are attractive even in winter when their foliage dies and is left standing. They're also drought-tolerant and need very little if any care.
Sedum's consist of over 400 varieties, ranging from small, ground-covering varieties to species well suited for the rock garden or the border.
Their flowers come in a wide range of colors and it seams like one type or another is in bloom sometime during the season.
They are generally hardy plants and easy to grow. Propagation is very easy as indicated below, so you will never be short of Stonecrop planting stock.
Sedum's can be propagated in a number of ways. The easiest way for the casual gardener is by planting some of the succulent leaves in the soil. After a few weeks you will see all little plantlet sprouting along the leaves borders.
Just let them mature for the season and plant when they are about 2" tall.
Sedum's can also be propagated by plant division, seed and stem cuttings, but the propagation by planting the leaves is easiest and most productive.
Sedum Sampler: Includes 12 each of Creeping Red Sedum and Improved Golden Sedum. 24 plants total.
Use the smaller species as ground covers. They fill-in fast and provide dense cover in difficult spaces. The great thing about Sedum's is that they do not need pruning.
The taller varieties are better suited as flower border material and you can plant these in drifts of plants, giving solid pools of color at different times of the year.
They look especially nice when planted in concert with fountain grass. The dynamic appearance between the long spikes of the fountain and the stubby, succulent almost emerald greed leafs of the Stonecrop gives a great contrast.
Fountain Grass:
Fountain grass softens the stolid heads of Autumn Joy sedum with its graceful arching bottlebrush flowers in sunny places.
Russian Sage:
In late summer and early fall, Russian sage has airy spires of silver foliage and lavender blue flowers that play off well against tall live-forever hybrids such as 'Matrona'.
Black Eyed Susan:
The ubiquitous combination of Goldsturm black-eyed Susan with Autumn Joy sedum has become a classic. They bloom at the same time and enjoy similar conditions.
Artemisia:
In full sun, the finely cut silver foliage of Silver Mound artemisia plays off well against bright green Kamschatka sedum
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Sedum Golden Sedum 'kamtschaticum'
Excellent for hot, dry sites! Low-growing plants have succulent leaves and require little care once established. Space plants 12-18" apart. Brilliant yellow flowers in late summer. Leaves turn vibrant orange red in fall. Forms a dense mat..
Angelina sedum (Sedum 'Angelina') is a quick-growing groundcover with golden, needle-like leaves that turn orange in fall. It grows 4 inches tall. Zones 6-9
Note that this flower is patented by "Proven Winners" and cannot be propagated.
Autumn Charm sedum (Sedum telephium 'Autumn Charm') shows off rose-pink flowers in late summer and autumn and lovely white-edged foliage. It grows 15 inches tall and wide. Zones 4-8
Note that this flower is patented by "Proven Winners" and cannot be propagated.
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Autumn Joy sedum (Sedum 'Autumn Joy') is a classic. Its 2-foot-tall stems carry gray fleshy leaves and are topped with green broccoli-like heads of flower buds that open pink and turn rusty red by fall. Zones 3-8
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Sedum 'Autumn Joy' In late summer pale pink buds appear, maturing to rosy red and lasting until the first frost. These hardy perennials grow 18-24" tall, are long-lived and work well in dried-flower arrangements. Best planted in full sun. #1 field-grown plants. Zones 4-9
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Black Jack sedum (Sedum 'Black Jack') has sturdy 24-inch-tall deep-purple stems clothed with succulent dark purple leaves. Pink flowers cluster in 5- to 8-inch-wide heads. It thrives in full sun in Zones 3-8.
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Frosty Morn sedum (Sedum 'Frosty Morn') bears stunning, silver-edged gray-green leaves and clusters of pink flowers in fall. It grows 1 foot tall. Zones 3-9.
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Ogon Makinoi's sedum (Sedum makinoi 'Ogon') has mats of small, pink-flushed gold leaves on creeping stems. Yellow green flowers are produced in summer. This is a fine ground cover plant in rock and crevice gardens. It grows 8 inches tall and is hardy in Zones 7-9.
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Purple Emperor sedum (Sedum 'Purple Emperor') bears rich purple foliage and clusters of pinkish-purple blooms in late summer and fall. It grows 2 feet tall. Zones 3-7
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Sedum acre Sedum acre is an evergreen that grows 2 to 3 inches tall and has dark green foliage with yellow flowers in summer. Zones 4-9
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Sedum cauticola Sedum cauticola is a Japanese species with lovely silvery, blue-green leaves and pink-purple flowers in autumn. It grows 2 inches tall. Zones 5-9
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Sedum sieboldii Sedum sieboldii has blue-green leaves blushed with purple. In fall, it produces clusters of rosy-pink flowers. This groundcover grows 4 inches tall. Zones 6-9
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Sedum spathulifolium Sedum spathulifolium is a quick-spreading selection to 4 inches tall that has silvery-gray foliage and bright yellow flowers in summer. Zones 5-9
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Tricolor sedum (Sedum spurium 'Tricolor') bears green leaves edged in pink and white. The pink flowers appear in summer. Zones 3-8
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Variegated Kamschatka sedum (Sedum kamtschaticum 'Variegatum') has lustrous green, flushed pink, spoon-shaped leaves frosted with white along the edge. Its bright yellow starry flowers bloom from summer into fall, gradually becoming orange. It grows 4 inches tall. Zones 3-8
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Sedum - 'Frosty Morn' Wake up late season borders, rock gardens and pots with this showy stonecrop from Japan! In late summer, the handsome, green buds gradually open to large, pale pink or white flower heads. Succulent, apple green foliage edged in creamy white adds appeal from summer to frost.
Spacing: Space 18" - 36" apart when planting, depending on the size of the cultivar.
Fertilizer: Use Osmacote Fertilizer and spread over surface of the ground once every 6 months. Use about 1/2 to 1 small handful, depending on size of plants.
Spring Clean-up: In early spring trim all the dead prior year's growth off the plants. You will find that this not only gives the plant a neater appearance, it will give more energy to the plant for a good spring start.
From the Nursery: Astilbe's will be available more often than not as small container plants.
At this stage they can be planted at any time from spring to late summer. If you get your hands on some bare root crowns or stems, plant them with the roots facing down in early spring.
