Stonecrop

Stonecrop (Sedum) - Rock and alpine plants which thrive in any soil. They may be grown in the ordinary border, in the rock garden, on walls, and on ruins, and indeed in any place where the roots find foothold. Like the Saxifrages, they differ in habit, some, like S. acre, being humble and creeping, while others, like S. spectabile, are stately plants for the border. A great many are in cultivation, and we mention the best of the hardy kinds.

Stonecrop Pictures

Rhodiola integrifolia; Ledge Stonecrop

Rhodiola integrifolia; Ledge Stonecrop

Sedum lanceolatum; Lance-leaf Stonecrop

Sedum stenopetalum; Narrow-leaf Stonecrop

Sedum stenopetalum; Narrow-leaf Stonecrop

Related Flowers

Wall Pepper

Wall Pepper (Sedum Acre) - This little plant, with its small, thick, bright green leaves and its brilliant yellow flowers, grows abundantly on walls, thatch, rocks,and sandy places. It is beautiful in the winter garden; its golden tips peep out in November, and only vanish with the heat of May.

Sedum Aizoon

Sedum Aizoon - Is 1 foot or more in height, with erect stems crowned by dense clusters of yellow flowers. It is an old garden plant for the border or rock garden, and requires open positions and a light soil. Siberia and Japan.

Sedum Ewersi

Sedum Ewersi - A neat hardy plant, about 6 inches high, with broad silvery leaves and clusters of purplish flowers. A good edging plant. Siberia.

Sedum Hispanicum

Sedum Hispanicum - A minute grey plant, forming spreading tufts of short stems densely clothed with thick leaves and inconspicuous flowers. Other Sedums nearly allied to it are S. dasyphyllum, S. glanduliferum, S. farinosum, and S. brevifolium; but though hardy on walls and rocks, they have not the vigour of many Stonecrops.

Sedum Lydium

Sedum Lydium - A pretty little plant from Asia Minor, scarcely an inch high. For edgings or slopes bordering footpaths it is useful. It roots on the surface with great rapidity. Very small pieces put in the soil in spring soon form a mass of rich evergreen verdure, scarcely an inch in height and level as turf.

Sedum Maximum

Sedum Maximum - Like S. Telephium, is variable, there being no fewer than a dozen named varieties. Of these by far the most important is haematodes, or atropurpureum, so called from the vivid purple of the stems and large fleshy leaves. It grows from 1 to 2 feet high, and though the flowers are not showy, it is a stately plant for poor stony soil.

Purple American Stonecrop

Purple American Stonecrop (Sedum Pulchellum) - Has purplish flowers, arranged in several spreading and recurved branchlets, birds-foot fashion, with numerous spreading stems. It is abundant in N. America. It is also at home in the rock garden, growing in any soil, and flowering in summer.

Rock Stonecrop

Rock Stonecrop (Sedum Rupestre) - A densely tufted native plant, with rather loose corymbs of yellow flowers. There are several similar kinds, such as the glaucous-leaved S. Pruinatum; S. Fosterianum, with light green leaves; and S. reflexum, of which there are several varieties.

Sedum Sieboldi

Sedum Sieboldi - A beautiful Stonecrop grown in pots. Its glaucous leaves in autumn often assume a rosy-coral hue. The plant is hardy, and merits a place in the rock garden, especially where its branches may fall without touching the earth and its graceful habit may be well seen. Grow in strong loam and mortar rubble in fully exposed positions. An excellent plant for vases in summer. Japan. Division.

Sedum Spectabile

Sedum Spectabile - This is distinct and beautiful, erect, and with broad glaucous leaves. Its rosy-purple flowers appear in dense broad corymbs about the middle of August, and remain in perfection for two months or more. The glaucous foliage, even before the flowers come, is a pleasant relief to any high-colored plant that may be near it. It withstands extreme cold, heat, or wet, and, unlike most plants, will grow and flower to perfection in shaded places, thriving in any soil. Varieties with darker flowers have recently come to light, the best being atro-purpureum, with flowers of rich dark crimson-purple. Japan.

Purple Stonecrop

Purple Stonecrop (Sedum Stoloniferum) - The best of the Sedums with large flat leaves is the Purple Stonecrop. It flowers late in summer, and often through the autumn makes a bright display, and is suited for edgings, the margins of mixed borders, and for the rock garden. Syns., S. Dentatum and S. spurium. Caucasus.

Sedum Telephium

Sedum Telephium - This is the most variable Stonecrop. No fewer than twenty forms have received names either as subspecies or as varieties, but our native form is as showy as any. It is 1 to 2 feet high, the stout erect stems furnished with fleshy leaves, and in late summer and autumn bearing dense broad clusters of bright rosy-purple, but sometimes white flowers. Frequent in hedgerows and thickets.