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Sedum spectabile |
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| Common name |
showy stonecrop |
| Family |
crassulaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-9) |
| Flowers |
pink (late summer-fall) |
| Size |
2' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
not fussy |
From seed  |
self-seeds in our garden, very occasionally
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One of the parents of the popular 'Autumn Joy' sedum, this one has flowers that are a clearer pink, and bloom a few weeks earlier. In our garden, it's also a somewhat larger plant, making an impressive one-foot-tall half-dome of that typical succulent sedum foliage - quite attractive even when not in bloom. A magnet for butterflies and beneficial insects. We've had our oldest one, pictured here, for many years, and every year it gives us two flower colors, lighter pink on one side, deeper pink on the other.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: rock garden annex, driveway bed About my plant portraits
Some helpful links to other websites | Floridata | nice page with lots of info and a few good photos |
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Ratko Pejovic | Nov 25, 2004 | Hi, could you tell me should I cut "Autumn Joy" sedium to the ground, when it dies in the winter or I should not touch it.
Thanks, Ratko |
| Astrid Boylett Cairns | Jun 21, 2005 | According to our lecturers (Pershore College, UK), family names of plants should begin with capitol letters. Hope this is helpful. |
| Andrea R. | Sep 11, 2006 | I am growing my 1st Sedum Spectabile Neon. It gets very little sun, but is thriving. I only planted one, to see how it would do. Do they reseed to multiply, & are you supposed to cut them down?
The plain species has sparingly reseeded for me, none of the fancy cultivars and hybrids have. But it's one of the easiest plants to multiply by division or rooting cuttings. Cut them down when they no longer look nice in early winter, and enjoy the emerging little cabbage-head buds instead. |
| charlene newlon | Oct 03, 2006 | i am a master gardener (which means i have a LOT to learn) and i want to give a talk to our group on live-for-evers Sedium spectabile and the different new varieties. I have started some from a piece of the mother. dont know what the are but learning. can you give me a site to go to that would helpful. your site is very helpful also. thanks
I'm not aware of any one good resource on the web - but you can find lots of information by hopping between Google results. Good luck! |
| al at rhoal 1@comcast .net | Aug 19, 2008 | i belong to several garden clubs here in south fla. i have won a few awards for design and color both from my out side garden and also my indoor plants which includes a number of orchids i am interested in buying a number os sedium plants could you name some places i could purchase them
Many web-based mail-order companies offer a selection of sedums. Try looking through the listings at the Open Directory Project for some choices. |
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