This one’s been spreading and does *very* well: I HAVE LOTS FOR GIVING AWAY – at the co-op as well as the circle garden at 6th & Trafalgar! (the ones I bought on Hornby last year – see below – did not survive. alas!)
Sedum telephium ‘Autumn Joy’ is probably the most well known of all the larger type Sedum as it’s been promoted extensively by natural garden designers. The pale celadon green foliage, combined with salmon pink flowers that look like broccoli heads is a great contrast.
Sedum ‘Purple Emperor’ has pretty plum coloured foliage, with somewhat disappointing flowers lasting only a few months, not over the entire winter as ‘Autumn Joy’. (I don’t like the “disappointing” description.
Sedum glaucophyllum is a very pretty plant, in fact, it’s hard to believe it’s actually a Sedum. Pale greeny-grey rosettes forming a loose clump with prolific new growth from the crown of the plant end up making this a compact mound.
Sedum kamschaticum is native to Siberia, so it’s tough! Lovely ground cover, and assertive enough to choke out things like Vinca minor, but never noxious. Pretty yellow blooms in summer.
Sedum pachyclados is one of my favorites – pale blue green rosettes huddled together in a round clump, covered in bee-attracting white flowers in June. I had some of this struggling away in the shade, and when I moved it into a spot in full sun, there was no looking back.
Sedum spurium album ‘Superbum’ – one of the workhorses of the Sedum world. Glossy green foliage covered in white blooms in mid summer – imagine this combined with ‘Fruland’ and ‘Dragon’s Blood’ – wow!
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