They ve become popular houseplants thanks to their compact shape and showy flowers.
Autumn fire sedum plant.
Sedum spectabile autumn fire.
You can eat the plant too.
Sedum autumn fire is a succulent belonging to the sedum genus of flowering plants.
Sedum stonecrop is an easy to grow group of succulents that look great in the summer and autumn garden.
Sedum autumn joy plants are often one of the few nectar producing flowers in late summer feeding bees and other insects.
Here at plant delights nursery we have been growing sedum plants for over 25 years in our hot humid rainy raleigh garden and so we thought we d pass on our expert tips for growing sedum plants as well as the names of our favorite varieties of these popular succulent plants.
These plants are part of the crassulaceae family also known as the stonecrop family.
Most flowering plants wind down as fall approaches but this hardy perennial grows more striking every day.
Autumn joy hylotelephium herbstsfreude autumn joy is a popular upright variety of stonecrop also known as a sedum it is a hybrid plant created by crossing one species of sedum sedum telephium with a species of ice plant hylotelephium spectabile the resulting plant usually referred to simply as autumn joy may be sold under different taxonomical names such as sedum telphium sedum.
Even the dead flower heads have good winter effect.
Plants grow 18 inches tall and wide and need to be spaced about 18 to 24 inches apart in well drained soil.
Sedum plants are native to europe and found throughout the world.
Monrovia s autumn fire sedum details and information.
Autumn fire sedum seeds are planted in fall and nursery plants in the spring.
Leave the faded flowers on the plant for added winter interest.
Plants begin to produce green broccoli like buds in mid summer which gradually open into enormous dusty rose flower heads finally deepening to rich rusty red during autumn.
Sedum autumn fire common name upright stonecrop stonecrop hylotelephium all the usefulness and wide appeal of sedum autumn joy and perhaps surpassing it as the most popular sedum.
Autumn fire has the same brick red color in the fall but more intense.
An outstanding cut flower and also attractive to butterflies.
Young tender stems and leaves can be eaten raw but the older material should be avoided as moderate stomach upset can occur unless cooked.
Sedum telephium autumn joy and sedum spectabile autumn joy earns a special spot with its dazzling fall display.
Strong stems remain upright.
Autumn fire is an improved form of sedum autumn joy that is larger growing has larger flower heads and is longer blooming.
