(Stonecrop)

Usually succulent in nature, many stonecrop species are popular for rock gardens and green roofs. The large genus Sedum has more than 450 species, which are naturally distributed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere with a few found in the mountainous areas of northern South America and Africa.

Extremely variable in form, sedums can be deciduous or evergreen herbaceous annuals or perennials. A few are sub-shrubs or shrubs. Their succulent stems may be upright, spreading or hanging and...

(Goldmoss Sedum)

Delicate in appearance and yet remarkably cold hardy, this vigorous carpeting perennial from Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa is a ray of sunshine in cold climates. The small, succulent, bright green, egg-shaped leaves are crowded on short branchlets that ascend from long trailing stems that root as they go. The stems tend to spill over edges of walls and rocks to create the illusion of a living waterfall. In late spring and early summer a dense mass of small vivid-yellow star shaped blossoms...

(Adolph's Sedum, Golden Sedum)

This lovely high colored tender succulent is a fine groundcover in frost free areas. It is mostly grown as a container plant for easy protection during the colder season. This plant is native to the Cape region of South Africa where the dry season is long and hot but tempered by the marine influence. The plants love sun on the coast, but may suffer inland and where extreme heat forces it to be grown in the shade. This plant is a rangy creeper, developing casual rosettes of football shaped yellow...

(Stonecrop)

This may be the rangiest of all sedums, with its wandering character and emerald green leaves sprawling across the ground. Many consider it a legacy of Russian cottage garden traditions. It is native to eastern Russia through much of Asia and Japan, but is rarely found in the dry regions. The species is considered quite variable which is exhibited in the occasional upright individual or particularly trailing one. Named cultivars such as ‘Euphorbioides’ are considered more garden worthy. This is...

(White Stonecrop)

Native to rocky areas of Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, this creeping evergreen perennial is a verdant groundcover for sandy or gravelly soils in sun, forming lush green mats of small succulent leaves. The cylindrical to spherical leaves are pale to dark green and sometimes red-flushed. Each has the potential to root where it falls, making this plant potentially invasive in delicate alpine gardens. Flat clusters of small starry white to pinkish flowers appear from late spring into summer.

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(White Stonecrop)

Native to rocky areas of Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, Sedum acre is a creeping evergreen perennial that forms a verdant groundcover for sandy or gravelly soils in sun. The cultivar 'Coral Carpet' forms lush mats of small succulent cylindrical or spherical leaves that are pink in spring, green in summer, and burgundy-bronze in winter. Each leaf has the potential to root where it falls, making this plant potentially invasive in delicate alpine gardens. Flat clusters of small starry...

(White Stonecrop)

Native to rocky areas of Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, this creeping evergreen perennial is a verdant groundcover for sandy or gravelly soils in sun, forming lush green mats of small succulent leaves. The cylindrical to spherical leaves are pale to dark green and sometimes red-flushed. Each has the potential to root where it falls, making this plant potentially invasive in delicate alpine gardens. Flat clusters of small starry white to pinkish flowers appear from late spring into summer.

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(Stonecrop)

This creeping, small-leaved, and utterly charming evergreen sedum is found in rocky places in western Europe from sea level to the highest elevations. The plants grow tucked into narrow gaps in sun-drenched outcroppings. The shoots root at the leaf nodes to form lush mats of tiny cylindrical to spherical leaves. Short thick scaly stalks tinged in greenish pink bear leafy clusters of starry white or pale pink flowers in late spring and early summer. They are followed by attractive red-brown seed capsules....

(Autumn Fire Sedum, Hybrid Showy Stonecrop)

This popular garden perennial is beautiful and virtually indestructible if given the right growing conditions. 'Autumn Fire' is valued for its late season of bloom and waxy, succulent green leaves. In late summer to fall, strong, upright stems support broad, rounded clusters of flowers. These are small, numerous, star-shaped and light pink in bud opening to russet rose. Stonecrop are herbaceous, so their foliage dies back in winter, but their dried, brown, upright flower heads may be left to provide...

(Autumn Joy Stonecrop, Hybrid Showy Stonecrop)

Autumn Joy stonecrop is a popular garden perennial because it is beautiful and virtually indestructible, if given the right growing conditions. It is valued for its late season of bloom and waxy, succulent green leaves. In late summer to fall, strong, upright stems support broad, rounded clusters of flowers. These are small, numerous, star-shaped and light pink in bud opening to pale pink to rose. Stonecrop is herbaceous, so its foliage dies back in winter, but the dried, brown, upright flower heads...