Sedum Rose Carpet Care

Starry yellow flowers begin in late spring.

Sedum rose carpet care. They re hardy easy to care for and beloved by pollinators. Sedum have special leaves that store water making them extremely drought tolerant. It has escaped gardens and naturalized in ontario quebec northeastern to northcentral u s british columbia south to california plus utah. Sedum are easy to grow in most temperate regions and require very little care to thrive.

They form flowers in the summer and fall that can be pink red yellow or white in color. We like to divide sedum into two main categories based on the plants growth habits. The group divides into two main types the low carpet forming stonecrops and the rather taller upright ice plants that have whorls of larger succulent leaves on a thick un branched stem. Sedum gold carpet common name stonecrop a ground hugging stonecrop the notched succulent foliage travels in whorls along arching stems ending with perfect rosettes at each tip.

It is not unusual to spot several butterflies a mass of bees and hover flies all together on a single sedum plant on a warm day. Low growing sedum and upright sedum. 1 485 300 rosenteppich the creeping selections of stonecrop are excellent edging or rock garden plants particularly for hot dry sites with poor soil. Lovely in a combination container with other succulents.

Low growing sedum spreads along the ground reaching only a few inches or less in height. Slugs snails vine weevil crown rot root rot. Find specific plants with our plant finder plant selector. This makes them perfect for use as a ground cover along paths in.

The sedums form a diverse group of nearly 500 species and many have been developed to produce hardy and undemanding succulent perennial plants for the gardener. Rosemoor s plant of the month perovskia blue spire rhs gardening in the spiral garden again in a large group pink sedum spectabile soft lavender blue nepeta six hills giant and aster ericoides rosy veil make excellent planting companions for contrast it works well with yellows for example in the west country town garden stachys byzantina primrose heron forms a carpet of. See how rhs can give expert advice on growing feeding pruning and propagating plants. Sedum gold carpet is a low growing stonecrop perfect for tucking into rock gardens.

I always cut back sedum rose carpet the week of chelsea flower show end of may to get an excellent autumn display where to plant. This german introduction forms a low non spreading carpet of powdery blue green leaves.