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Sedum spurium 'Dragon's blood' |
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| Common name |
stonecrop |
| Family |
crassulaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
red |
| Size |
2" |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
drought-tolerant |
Creeping mat of succulent foliage, red-tinged dark green, with red flowers in summer. We also have the similar Sedum 'Tricolor', with pink/white/green foliage.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: front perennial border, driveway bed, rock garden annex, big pond About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| cothron@tds.net | Sep 15, 2006 | Hi, I have a question you might be able to answer. I have some Dragon's Blood Sedum seeds that need planted. I live in Old Hickory, Tn. My question is, when is the best time to plant the seeds? Also, the seeds are so small, how do i spread them? I have over 30000 seeds, but all can fit into the palm of my hand! Hard to believe they can cover the 100 feet of land I want to cover, will they cover that big an area? Am I just crazy??? Thanks for your input!
I've no idea how well broadcast-seeding sedum would work - they spread more by roots than by seed in our garden. |
| Hemant | Apr 21, 2009 | I hear this is fairly invasive ground cover. How do you restrict it to borders in your perennial beds? I am planning to plant this year in Atlanta and would seek some advise.
Thanks
When happy, it's aggressive enough to fight weeds, but I don't find it invasive. It doesn't like shade, so it won't compete with taller-growing plants that shade the soil. |
| Samantha | Aug 15, 2009 | I have just planted and succeeded growing this variety from seed, and yes, the seeds are like dust. I had 3,000 seeds and spread 60 into a 50 cell tray. My method is this: Fill the cells with a combination soil of rich compost and lots of perlite until it appears ash-like. Lightly pack this mix into the cells...I use a bottle cap to pack the soil down evenly. Take the seeds and put them in a small stiff paper envelope and merely tap them evenly onto each cell. I usually put a loose layer of fine rock crystals on top the seeds for extra drainage and to retain moisture. Lightly mist and wrap cell tray with syran wrap. Place in filtered sunlight and within 1-2 weeks they should begin to grow their first true leaves in a cluster. Some algae development in the cells, which will appear green, is okay. Check for fungus when the seedlings start to grow by making sure every cell has at least some plants growing in it. If some cells are full and others completely empty, it may be hard to revive the seedlings but the full cells should be moved into another sterilized tray. Let the soil go somewhat dry inbetween waterings. Within 6 months they should be about 2-4" tall with well established roots and foliage. Check for meeley bug's often...white cotton insects inbetween leaves. Spray with coffee or pepper juice.
Thanks for sharing your method, Samantha. I'm not familiar with "fine rock crystals", I'll have to look for that. |
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