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Sedum album White stonecrop Z 4-8
Rounded leaflets green turning red in fall and winter; dainty white flowers
Sedum album White stonecrop Z 4-8
Rounded leaflets green turning red in fall and winter; dainty white flowers in mid-summer. Perfect for rock gardens, front of border, fairy gardens, roof gardens, troughs and groundcover or any place with drought.Size: 4” x 12” spreading
Care: sun in well-drained soil - thrives on neglect. Deer resistant & drought tolerant.
Native: Europe, west & north AsiaSedum means “plant that sits.” “Live forever” is an ancient Greek name for sedums. The Roman Pliny claimed that sedum’s juice treated wounds. In the 1500’s English herbalist Gerard called sedums “very full of life,” referring to succulent’s quality of being very easy to grow. This species collected before 1671. It “grows naturally upon old walls in many parts of England.” Gardeners Dictionary, 1768. In 1867 described as “growing, ever so luxuriantly upon roofs and walls (as well as) the rocks at Great Malvern…” Botany of Worcestershire. Landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing recommended this for edging, 1868.
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Sedum hispanicum var. minus ‘Purple Form’ Little Blue Spanish stonecrop, Tiny buttons Z 4-9
Many petite faintly pink flowers in June, soft, succulent, glaucous leaves form a perfect mound.
Many petite faintly pink flowers in June, soft, succulent, glaucous leaves form a perfect mound. Perfect for rock gardens, front of border, fairy gardens, roof garden, troughs and groundcover, or any place with drought.
Size: 2” x 8”
Care: sun to part sun in well-drained soil
Native: Southern Europe, Balkan peninsulaThe variety minus is considered a synonym of the species which was described by the father of botany, Linnaeus, in 1750’s.
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Sedum sieboldii syn Hylotelephium sieboldii, October Daphne Z 3-9
Fleshy gray-green foliage edged with pink
Sedum sieboldii syn Hylotelephium sieboldii October Daphne Z 3-9
Fleshy gray-green foliage edged with pink encircles the prostrate stems, flowering strawberry pink in fall.Size: 4" x 8"
Care: full sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil. Drought tolerant and deer resistant.
Native: JapanSedum means “plant that sits.” “Live forever” is an ancient Greek name for the plant. The Roman Pliny claimed that sedum’s juice treated wounds. In the 1500’s English herbalist Gerard called sedums “very full of life,” referring to succulent’s quality of being very easy to grow. William Robinson described Sedum sieboldii as “a beautiful Stonecrop loved by slugs.” (We have not found that, the slug part, to be true.) American garden cultivation by 1850.
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Sedum spurium ‘Coccineum’ Dragon’s blood Z 4-9
Star-shaped crimson flowers August – September atop succulent red-tinged leaves that blaze all crimson in fall and winter.
Star-shaped crimson flowers August – September atop succulent red-tinged leaves that blaze all crimson in fall and winter. Perfect for rock gardens, front of border, fairy gardens, roof gardens, troughs and groundcover or any place with drought.
Size: 6” x 24”
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Native: Caucasus MountainsSedum means “plant that sits.” “Live forever” is an ancient Greek name for sedums. The Roman Pliny claimed that sedum’s juice treated wounds. In the 1500’s English herbalist Gerard called sedums “very full of life,” referring to succulent’s quality of being very easy to grow. Spurium means “false.” This cultivar collected before 1826.
