Sedum Varieties


Sedum Kamtschaticum    kam-SHAT-tih-kum
Common Name:  Kamschatka, Orange Stonecrop
Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone:  3-9
Height:  4-6"
Flowers:  Orange-Yellow...June-July
*One of my favorites for roof tops! It can be divided by either divisions or cuttings.  Plant the cuttings deep; they'll droop and wilt at first, but keep them moist and they'll perk up and look great in about a week.

Sedum Kamtschaticum 'Variegatum'
Common name:  Variegated Stonecrop
Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone:  4-9
Height:  3-6"
Flowers:  Yellow...June-July
*I rarely use this sedum in roof-tops or wreaths. It's slow to return in the spring (if it does return) and it's hard to divide either by cuttings or divisions.

Sedum sarmentosum
Common name:  Graveyard Moss
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Zone:  3-8
Height: 2-4 inches--trails up to 8 inches
Flowers:  Bright yellow...May-June
*I thought this plant was annoyingly invasive until I started making the living roofs, now it's my one of my favorites! Fast growing-spreads rapidly-roots easily.  After it blooms in spring the stems with the flowers somewhat die back, but don't think it's dead!  It will revive and look great within a few weeks.

Sedum hispanium
Common Name:  Blue Carpet Sedum, Spanish Stonecrop
Full Sun to Light Shade
Zone:  4-9
Height:  2-4 inches
Flowers:  White to pine...Early Summer
*Wonderful plant for either roof-tops or wreaths. Its color is a wonderful contrast to the other green sedums.  Transplants easily by divisions, spreads rapidly. This plant, however, completely dies back after blooming and then somewhat returns before frost. It definitely looks best in spring and early summer. 

Sedum reflexum
Common name:  Blue Spruce
Full Sun
Zone:  3-9
Height:  6-8 inches
Flowers:  Bright yellow star-shaped...June-July
*A little slow to come back in the spring, but a great plant with it's contrasting blue color.  Works well in roof-tops, containers (it looks a little strange in wreaths or walls with it's 8 inch spikes...)

Dragon's Blood
Fuldaglut
Sedum spurium 
Common Names and Varieties:   ‘Fuldaglut’, ‘Voodoo’ or ‘Dragon’s Blood’ 
Full Sun
Zone:  3-9
Height:  3 inches
Flowers:  Tiny rose-red star-shaped...August 
*Slower to return in the spring, but a wonderful and reliable plant. I have several varieties of spurium - they all work equally well..

Sedum divergens

Common Name:  Pacific Stonecrop
Sun to Partial Shade
Zone:  3-8
Height:  2-4 inches
*I love this sedum! Works well in either roof-tops or wreaths. This sedum will look nice the entire season! Divide by divisions. 


Sedum rupestre
Common Name:  Angelina
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Zone:  3-11
Height:  3-5 inches
Flowers:  Tiny yellow..July-August
*Slower to return in the spring, but once established it's a great yellow contrast with the other green sedums.  Transplants best if there are some roots on the divisions.

Sedum acre 
‘Aureum’
Common Name:  Miniature Stonecrop
Full Sun
Zone:  3-10
Height:  1-2 inches
Flowers:  Tiny yellow-white..July
*Wonderful plant for pathways, works well in roof-tops and wreaths, but for some unknown reason it tends to die unexpectedly... 

Sedum spurium
Common Name:  John Creech
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Zone:  3-8
Height:  3 inches
Flowers:  Pink...August
*Tight, mat-forming. Transplant by cuttings or divisions.

Album var. 
Common Name: Coral Carpet
Full Sun-Part Shade
Zone:  3-8
Height:  2-3 inches
Flowers:  Light pink/white...early summer.
*I love the color changes of this plant; sometimes I think it has a blue tint, sometimes green with a hint of red!  Transplant by divisions carefully--delicate. Hard to transplant toward the end of the season.

Sedum kamtschaticum var. floriferum
Common Name:  Weihenstephaner Gold
Full Sun-Part Shade
Zone:  3-9
Height:  3-6 inches
Flowers: Yellow/orange...early summer.
Low growing, ground-cover sedum...
"Great plant!" This is definitely my favorite sedum!


Sedum lineare 
Common Name:  Sea Urchin
Full Sun-Part Shade
Zone:  3-9
Height:  3-6 inches
Flowers: Yellow
Small, narrow, medium to silver-green leaves are edged in white. Mounded, spreading plants. Divide by rooted mounds or clumps. This variegated sedum is a wonderful contrast to the green sedums, but as typical of all variegated plants - it is slower to return in the spring.


Sedum spurium
 Tricolor
Full Sun-Part Shade
Zone:  3-9
Height:  3-6 inches
Flowers: Pink - mid summer
Low growing groundcover. Green and snowy-white foliage with overlays of pink. Once again slow to return in spring, but a colorful and reliable plant.

Sedum ternatum
'Three-leaved Stone Crop'

Full Shade to Partial Shade
Zone:  3-9
Height:  6 inches
Flowers:  Whie - May-June
Three-leaved stonecrop (also commonly called whorled stonecrop) is a small, spreading, Missouri native perennial which typically occurs in damp, shady locations. I actually purchased this sedum at a native plant sale only to find it later growing wild on my property!
One of the only sedums for shade!! 



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