Friday, May 21, 2010

Day Of The Sedum

Sedum 'Matrona'

Sedum, Live Forever, Rose Carpet, Showy Stonecrop Sedum, Stonecrop

Type Perennial
Hardy range 3B to 8B
Height 18" to 24" / 45cm to 60cm
Spread 12" to 18" / 30cm to 45cm
Growth rate Average
Form Upright or erect
Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun


Bloom Color Pink
Bloom Time Summer and Fall


Environment
This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in dry to moist soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.


Leaf Color Green, pink and silvery


This plant has attractive foliage and attractive fall colors.


Culture Notes
In general, Sedums are tough, low-maintenance plants that are able to grow in just about any place and in any type of soil. Because of their soft, fleshy foliage, however, they are easily crushed with excessive foot traffic. Self propagation is just as common as the established forms of propagation (stem cuttings, seeds and division of plants), and can take place any time of the year. In the spring, cut back to basal foliage and remove dead foliage.
The gray-green foliage of 'Matrona' is edged pale pink. Its pink blossoms turn reddish in autumn. If grown in part shade in hot climates, this sedum may require support.


Sedum spurium
Two Row Stonecrop, Sedum

Type Perennial, succulent
Hardy range 4A to 9A
Height 4" to 8" / 10cm to 20cm
Growth rate Average
Form Spreading or horizontal
Exposure Full sun
Persistence Evergreen

Bloom Color Pink and red
Bloom Time Summer

The flowers are showy.


Environment This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in dry soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green and variegated
Fall Color No change in fall color

This plant has attractive foliage.

Culture Notes Many cultivars available. All can be lifted and divided in the spring and stem cuttings can be taken and rooted in the summer. Prefers a sunny spot and a well-drained soil and will tolerate high heat and poor stony soil. Leaves are green, serrated with orange margins. This plant is considered mostly allergy free and causes little or no allergy problems in most people.



Hylotelephium cauticolum syn. Sedum cauticolum
Stonecrop, Sedum
Type Perennial, succulent
Hardy range 5A to 9A
Height 4" to 6" / 10cm to 15cm
Spread 8" to 10" / 20cm to 25cm
Growth rate Fast
Form Rounded and spreading or horizontal
Exposure Partial shade or partial sun
Persistence Deciduous

Bloom Color Pink, purple and red
Bloom Time Fall

Environment This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in dry soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Blue and silvery
Fall Color Copper and red

This plant has attractive foliage.

Culture Notes This hardy and low maintenance Stonecrop seems to prefer partial shade and a well-drained soil. Plant turns a coppery-red in the fall and will die out in the winter. Stems of this plant are trailing and spreading.



Sedum kamtschaticum syn. Sedum ellacombianum
Kamschataka Stonecrop, Kamschataka Sedum, Orange Stonecrop

Type Perennial, succulent
Hardy range 4A to 10A
Height 6" to 12" / 15cm to 30cm
Spread 15" to 18" / 40cm to 45cm
Growth rate Average
Form Irregular or sprawling and spreading or horizontal
Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun

Bloom Color Yellow
Bloom Time Spring and Summer

Environment This plant will grow in dry to moist soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green
 
This plant has attractive foliage.

Culture Notes Easily rooted from stem cuttings taken in the summer. The whole plant can be lifted and divided in the spring. In the spring, remove dead foliage only. Shear lightly after blooming. Although this Sedum is often grown as a groundcover, it is easily crushed by foot traffic. This plant is considered mostly allergy free and causes little or no allergy problems in most people. An attractive cultivar, ' Weihenstephaner Gold', has golden yellow blossoms that turn orange.
Divide as necessary to maintain in its place.


Sedum 'Red Chalk'
Sedum, Live Forever, Rose Carpet, Showy Stonecrop Sedum, Stonecrop

Type Perennial
Hardy range 3A to 9A
Height 2" to 4" / 5cm to 10cm
Growth rate Average
Form Spreading or horizontal
Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun

Bloom Color Pink
Bloom Time Summer

Environment This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in dry to moist soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Pink

This plant has attractive foliage.

Culture Notes In general, Sedums are tough, low-maintenance plants that are able to grow in just about any place and in any type of soil. Because of their soft, fleshy foliage, however, they are easily crushed with excessive foot traffic. Self propagation is just as common as the established forms of propagation (stem cuttings, seeds and division of plants), and can take place any time of the year.
Sedum 'Mohrchen'
Sedum, Live Forever, Rose Carpet, Showy Stonecrop Sedum, Stonecrop

Type Perennial
Hardy range 4A to 10A
Height 18" to 24" / 45cm to 60cm
Spread 18" to 24" / 45cm to 60cm
Growth rate Average
Form Upright or erect
Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun
Persistence Deciduous

Bloom Color Pink
Bloom Time Fall

Environment This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in dry to moist soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green, pink and purple
Fall Color Red
This plant has attractive foliage and attractive fall colors.

Culture Notes In general, Sedums are tough, low-maintenance plants that are able to grow in just about any place and in any type of soil. Because of their soft, fleshy foliage, however, they are easily crushed with excessive foot traffic. Self propagation is just as common as the established forms of propagation (stem cuttings, seeds and division of plants), and can take place any time of the year. In the spring, cut back to basal foliage and remove dead foliage. The burgundy-red foliage of 'Mohrchen' is toothed and turns deep red in early autumn. If grown in part shade in hot climates, this sedum may require support.



Sedum lanceolatum
Stonecrop, Sedum
Type Perennial
Hardy range 6A to 9A
Height 6" to 8" / 15cm to 20cm
Form Upright or erect
Exposure Full sun

Bloom Color Yellow
Bloom Time Summer

Environment This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in moist soil.
Suitable soil is sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green
This plant has attractive foliage.

Culture Notes In general, Sedums are tough, low-maintenance plants that are able to grow in just about any place and in any type of soil. Because of their soft, fleshy foliage, however, they are easily crushed with excessive foot traffic. Self propagation is just as common as the established forms of propagation (stem cuttings, seeds and division of plant), and can take place any time of the year.



Hylotelephium spectabile syn. Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant'
Sedum, Ice Plant, Stonecrop
Type Perennial, succulent
Hardy range 4A to 9A
Height 12" to 24" / 30cm to 60cm
Growth rate Average
Form Rounded
Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun

Bloom Color Pink
Bloom Time Summer and Fall

The flowers are suitable for dried flowers.

Environment This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in moist soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green
This plant has attractive foliage.

Culture Notes In general, Sedums are tough, low-maintenance plants that are able to grow in just about any place and in any type of soil. Because of their soft, fleshy foliage, however, they are easily crushed with excessive foot traffic. Self propagation is just as common as the established forms of propagation (stem cuttings, seeds and division of plants), and can take place any time of the year. The clump can be dug and divided in the spring and cuttings can be rooted in the summer.
'Brilliant' has greenish-gray foliage and flat clusters of pink flowers. These sedums grow quite well in our southern states. Even in the winter, the dried flower clusters are ornamental.


Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'
Two Row Stonecrop, Sedum

Type Perennial
Hardy range 4A to 8A
Height 3" to 4" / 8cm to 10cm
Spread 16" to 18" / 40cm to 45cm
Growth rate Average
Form Spreading or horizontal
Exposure Full sun
Persistence Deciduous and evergreen

Bloom Color Yellow
Bloom Time Summer

The flowers are showy.

EnvironmentThis plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in dry soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green, pink, variegated and yellow

This plant has attractive foliage and attractive fall colors.

Culture NotesSedums can be lifted and divided in the spring, and stem cuttings can be taken and rooted in the summer. Prefers a sunny spot and a well-drained soil. This plant will also tolerate high heat and poor stony soil. Leaves are green, tinged pink, with creamy yellow margins. This plant is considered mostly allergy free and causes little or no allergy problems in most people.



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