Sedum are perennial plants which are hardy, tough, and drought tolerant. Sedum plants are used for mass plantings and as individual ornamental plants. There are hundreds of species of sedums and they are widely grown because of the ease of growing these showy plants and for their outstanding drought tolerance. Sedums are very versatile in the landscape. They are used as ground covers, in rock gardens, for edgings, for borders, for beds, hanging baskets and roof gardens. Sedums are also used as houseplants. They need at least 4 hours of direct sunlight to be used as a house plant to flourish. Most sedums should be planted in full sun to partial shade and in well drained soil.
Depeding on the type of sedum, you can get blooms from spring until fall. Sedum foliage is attractive during the growing season and many of them are adorned with beautiful flowers in early fall. Some Stonecrop sedums are left standing during winter months and the plant stalks add a vibrant appearance to a winter landscape. Along with a beautiful plant, the added benefit of sedums is the butterflies they will attract.
Sedum - Emperor's Wave
Sedum (Sedum Telephium Emperor's Wave) - This is a new Sedum variety that can be grown from ground cover seed. Emperor's Wave Sedum has succulent bluish-green pointed leaves. Its sturdy, dark stems look wonderful with the carmine flowers. The umbrella-like flower heads bloom from late summer until fall, and it has a height of 16 inches and spreads about the same amount.
Sedum - Hybridum
Sedum (Sedum Hybridum) - The perfect ground cover plant for hot dry sites! Sedum hybridum has evergreen foliage that spreads to form a dense mat of scalloped green leaves. In the summer, clusters of tiny star-shaped flowers cover the foliage. The foliage can turn to shades of red and orange in the fall.
Sedum - Purple Carpet
Sedum (Spurium Coccineum Purple Carpet) Edge your walkways with these wonderful ground cover plants. Easy-to-grow from Sedum ground cover seed, this perennial is a versatile ground cover for rock gardens, planting in rock walls, around stones, green roofs, flower beds, or containers. This Sedum has deep rose pink flowering clusters that will bloom from mid-summer until fall.
Sedum - Roof Garden
Sedum (Roof Garden Mix) - Green Roofs are becoming more and more popular in both rural and urban locations. They can be installed on flat roofs to roofs with a slope of up to 45 degrees.
Sedum - Seastar
Sedum (Sedum Pulchellum Seastar) - This lovely little perennial ground cover plant establishes easily from Sedum ground cover seed. Seastar Sedum is a native of the United States, and it features a mounding habit, succulent, evergreen mat-forming foliage and star-shaped blooms of pale pink.
Sedum Acre
Sedum (Sedum Acre) - What an excellent performer! Sedum Acre ground cover plants form a brilliant, intense golden yellow carpet that will rapidly spread and fill in, giving you ground cover over a large area in a very short time.
Sedum Aizoon
Sedum (Sedum Aizoon) - This medium-sized Sedum is a versatile perennial to add to your beds and borders. Sedum Aizoon has a unique foliage that is adorned with bright yellow flowers. The blooms are large in comparison to the foliage and very show. Sedums do well leaning over the edge of rock walls, raised beds, rock gardens, or in mass planting.
Sedum Dragon's Blood
Sedum (Spurium Coccineum) - Sedum Dragon's Blood is a fast growing ground cover with brilliant red flowers in late summer. It is a succulent with needle-like leaves that turn an orange-red color in fall. Dragon's Blood creates a dense mat 3 - 5 inches tall that spreads quickly within contained regions. You don't have to worry about it spreading to unwanted areas outside of where you plant Sedum ground cover.
Sedum Ellacombianum
Sedum (Sedum Ellacombianum) - This is one of the best selling perennial Sedum ground covers by both homeowners and landscapers alike. Sedum Ellacombianum is virtually a maintenance free, drought proof ground cover plant that will add distinction and beauty to any flower garden, rock garden, container, planter box, etc.
Sedum Glaucophyllum
Sedum (Sedum Glaucophyllum) - Another low-growing ground cover plant that is excellent for many different landscape applications. Silver Frost Sedum is commonly called Cliff Stonecrop, and it is native to the southern Appalachians where it grows on lightly shaded limestone outcrops where it is regularly damp but very well-drained.
Sedum Hispanicum
Sedum (Sedum Hispanicum) - Looking for a drought tolerant, low-growing, low-maintenance ground cover plant? Sedum Hispanicum is a great choice! This Sedum has blue-green, succulent foliage, and it only reaches a few inches in height. As the weather warms, the foliage turns to a blue-grey color, and it has a soft feathery feel to it. In late spring to summer it has clusters of small whitish pink blooms.
Sedum Kamtschaticum
Sedum (Sedum Kamtschaticum) - Also known as Russian Stonecrop this perennial ground cover plant is an attractive semi-evergreen. It has glossy, deep green leaves that are toothed, and it grows in a mounding habit. In early summer, half-inch golden yellow, star-shaped flowers open from pink buds.
Sedum Oktoberfest
Sedum (Sedum Acre Oktoberfest) - If you want a drought tolerant, low growing, hardy, creeping selection of Stonecrop, than this Sedum ground cover plant is an excellent selection for you. Sedum grows great in hot, dry sites with poor soil. Sedum Acre Oktoberfest is a fast-spreading evergreen variety which forms a low carpet of tiny succulent green leaves, smothered by star-shaped creamy-white flowers all summer long.
Sedum Oreganum
Sedum (Sedum Oreganum) - This is a versatile little perennial! Sedum not only works well in a rock garden or as a ground cover plant, but also use it in containers, window boxes, and planters. This Sedum is commonly referred to as Oregon Stonecrop where it grows in the Pacific Northwest, but it adapts to a wide range of regions and can grow in zones 5 - 8.
Sedum Spathulifolium
Sedum (Sedum Spathulifolium) - For beginner gardeners, this is a beautiful and easy ground cover to grow. Sedum ground cover plants easily establish from ground cover seeds, and they do well if grown in well-drained soil and a sunny to partial shade setting. When it comes to Sedum ground covers, there are many choices. If you like a yellow flowering ground cover plant, than this Oregon native, Sedum Spathulifolium, is one of the most well-known Stonecrops in cultivation.
Sedum Stoloniferum
Sedum (Sedum Stoloniferum) - Every garden has a space for this unique Sedum ground cover plant. This Sedum features pink colored, star-shaped flowers on trailing plants that often spread by stolons. Due to this fact, this Sedum is commonly referred to as Stolon Stonecrop. Stonecrops are succulent ground covers, and they hold moisture in their thick, fleshy leaves making them drought tolerant and hardy.
Sedum Summer Glory
Sedum (Sedum Spurium Summer Glory) - Summer Glory is the perfect name for this lovely Sedum ground cover plant! Summer Glory Sedum is a very vigorous, creeping perennial ground cover with succulent leaves that are broad with toothed edges that develop a reddish tint in the fall. This Sedum grows only 4 - 6 inches in height, and it creates a low-growing mat that spreads wider than it grows in height.
Sedum Voodoo
Sedum (Sedum Spurium Voodoo) - What a spectacular ground cover plant! Sedum Voodoo will be sure to catch the eyes of everyone who passes by with its deep red flowers and mahogany red foliage. It makes a dramatic display for a little plant! This hardy perennial Sedum quickly grows to 6 inches tall and spreads to 18 inches in width while thriving in hot, dry soil.
