Sedum Varieties

The foliage is a dark red with green and produces a wonderful fall color. Sedum ‘Elizabeth' needs to be planted in full sun in well-drained soil. You will love this plant, and the butterflies and bees do too.

Known for its distinctive blue-green to grayish coloring, Blue Chalk Sticks are tall grass-type succulents that will grow in dense mats when allowed to spread. Like most succulents, they thrive in dry conditions, but Blue Chalk Sticks will grow faster...

Easy to grow, sedum 'Sunsparkler Dazzleberry' puts on a great display of texture and color. Foliage is unique form of blue with graphite shades, and can be seen from far. Resistant to heat and drought, Sunsparkler Dazzlerry requires little care and thrives...

Blooms during summer with beautiful, bright, purple-red (violet) flowers. Spurium coccineum) Perennial. Excellent for hot sites in full sun and poor soils. 227,500 seeds/oz.; 2-3 weeks, 60-75°F.

Ground or base covers are essential when creating a terrarium or arrangement. Similar to Blue Chalk Sticks, Narrow-Leaf Chalk Sticks have narrower leaves and range in color from bright green to silvery blue.

Crassula perforata is an upright-growing succulent that can grow to about 18 inches tall. Fleshy, light green leaves can become tinged with red with sun exposure. Cuttings can then be planted in soil to form new plants.

Popular for hanging planters and fairy gardens. Sedum 'Little Missy' is a low-growing plant that forms mats up to about 2" tall. Succulent arrives in a 4" growers pot ready for potting.

Set includes four ground cover succulents, in a varying mix of colors and textures. Sedum, Crassula, and Senecio varieties of succulents grow low to the ground and like to spread out.

Popular in hanging baskets. String of Pearls forms long, trailing strings up to 3 feet in length and grow very well in containers. Succulent arrives in a 4" growers pot ready for potting.

Crassula rogersii is a tall, bushy species that grows to up to 12" tall and is characterized by droplet-shaped leaves that have a velvety texture. Crassula is a genus of succulents that vary in shape and size, but we tend to refer to them as "grass" succulents.

A great plant all around, sedum 'Sunsparkler Lime Zinger' is quick growing, deer resistant, drought and heat tolerant and winter hardy to zone 4. Succulent leaves are lime green edged in red, and the plants bloom with pretty pink flowers.

Sizzling color for your hot, dry problem areas. Lustrous, ruby red, succulent foliage opens with a hint of mint green on compact, low growing, upright plants that are multi branched from a single stem.

The spreading plant habit of this cultivar is ideal for a spiller in container combinations, along stone paths, or over stone walls. Low-growing stonecrop will form a mat only 4” tall, making it an excellent ground cover, 'Angelina' is best used massed...

Some growers also recommend dividing the plant after it has bloomed while the plant is actively growing. Once you see new growth, you can reduce watering by half.If you use mulch in the area in which you placed the sedum, ensure the material is not covering...

It needs full sun, but it may tolerate a little bit of shade.This sedum will grow well in any sunny spot, and will take to a container as well as a bed. One of these, the Vera Jameson stonecrop, is a striking plant with burgundy stems and dusty pink autumn...

Mature plants can tolerate drought conditions for brief periods.can withstand severe site conditions but is also relatively immune to rabbit and deer nibbling. The name comes from the plant's acrid taste, but this sedum is actually edible in small amounts.

If they grow in soil that is too fertile, they will put out too much growth and become weak and floppy.They like full sun and moderate water. Old foliage should be pruned away in the spring to make way for new growth.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

If rain is available to the plant, additional water is probably not needed. Colorful chubby, little red-tipped leaves that look like jelly beans make it a favorite. Grow this specimen in fast-draining soil mixes, such as sand, perlite, or pumice mixed...

They can be used as trailing plants in containers, tumbling over the edge with unconcerned glee. Very few plants will accommodate long vacations like sedum and they will keep supplying their unique appeal for years.

They dry out in fall and have a textural appeal.Older plants respond well to division. Soon stems form and then starry clusters of flowers. Ensure that these succulents getThose big beautiful heads may get nodding due to a variety of conditions.

I consider sedums my “go to” lazy gardener plant. Cutting back sedum plants is not strictly necessary unless they are getting wild and out of control. You can remove the stems with clippers or pruners or simply pinch them off.

A little watering is needed at establishment but the plant will root in just a few weeks and become drought tolerant thereafter.These plants are fertilizer sensitive but good organic mulch can help gradually add nutrients to the soil when growing English...

For shorter varieties, simply laying the sedum on the ground where you want it to grow is normally enough to get the sedum plant started there. Growing sedum is easy, so easy, in fact, that even the most novice gardener can excel at it.

However, container grown plants will need regular watering.Rabbit and deer rarely bother Angelina sedum plants. Or maybe you'd like to soften an unyielding stone wall by tucking brightly colored, shallow rooting perennials into the cracks and crevices.

The blooms are attractive even when they're dry.Meteor stonecrop is moderately drought tolerant but should be watered occasionally during hot, dry weather.The plants rarely need fertilizer, but if growth seems slow, feed the plant a light application...

If you want to grow taller specimens within the mat, keep the sedum detained with pruning and even pulling.Should an unwanted spread begin, block the roots. Poor soil, heat, or strong sun aren't a challenge for this creeping beauty.

The key is well-draining soil and plenty of sunshine. You can enhance your stock of this fun plant by dividing it in early spring or by stem cuttings. These are especially attractive to bees and butterflies, but an occasional hummingbird may also investigate...