Sedum - Summer Glory
Join Green Thumb Sundays I was caught by surprise when I went to check on a planting yesterday. I found a Sedum I was trying out had flowered. It wasn’t the fact that it was in bloom that surprised me but that the flowers were a pink / purple.
Sedum spurium
‘Summer Glory’
I usually read the plant tags but when it comes to Sedums I just grab and buy. This one was no different and I chose it because of it’s low dense spreading growth without thinking about bloom color. I just assumed it would be another yellow flowering sedum.
Sedums are easy to propagate. Break off a stem, stick it in the ground and then forget about it. Well maybe not that easy but close. In hot dry weather it helps to water the cuttings and keep the soil a little moist.
They thrive in dry sunny conditions as long as the soil is well drained. They don’t like wet feet and will do poorly if the soil gets saturated for prolonged periods. Cold doesn’t bother most of the Sedums found at garden centers either. They also shrug off the cold winters of the north country of NY. where temps can drop to -40 F.
July 13th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Lovely colours!
I played too
July 13th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Love your cat and your blog.
Sedums grow well in San Diego.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Nancy
San Diego, CA
July 13th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Those are beautiful. I have something that looks somewhat close but I honestly don’t know what they are. I’ll have to post the mystery photo one week.
July 13th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Sedum doesn’t like summers in Arizona, however, there are a couple of species that we can grow here at least part of the year. Happy GTS,
Aiyana