Sedum ( sometimes now calledHylotelephium)is a big genus of flora , many of which are hardy to USDA Zone 3 . Whether you found cringe or upright sedum , there are many sedum variety to grow in northern gardens .
A Large Family
The sedums we maturate in our gardens are part of a magnanimous family of succulent industrial plant called stonecrops or Crassulaceae . Most originate in China but some sedum are aboriginal to North America , includingSedum ternatum , which is native to areas from Pennsylvania to Arkansas and boom as far north as Iowa . The stonecrop family includes more than 400 species and , because sedum are popular with gardeners , there are rafts of sedum varieties , with new one introduced each twelvemonth .
Many northern gardener have grownAutumn Joy , an erect sedum that is extremely hardy , though a routine prostrate to flop . In plus toupright sedum , you may also select creeping sedum .
Creeping sedum run to mature 4 to 6 inches tall and disseminate easily , make them an idealistic plant life for between stepping stone or on the boundary of a rock garden . These groundcovers are drought tolerant and can do by unmanageable filth . They rarely need fertilizer and tender a late - summertime bloom . Creeping sedum come in a variety of color frombright goldtodeep purple . One of my favorites is the bright chartreuse‘Angelina ’ . Listed as hardy to USDA Zone 3 , Angelina will spread 1 to 2 ft across , and the foliage turns orange - gold in fall . Another vantage : both rabbits and deer leave it alone .
Sedum to arise in the Flower Border
Upright sedum are howling plants for the eye of any cheery heyday layer or border . They emerge fairly early in the spring , reckon like treat piddling cabbages . The plants grow to 1 to 2 feet grandiloquent and their flower head start out green before turning pink , rose , russet and then brown in former fall . bee adore most sedum varieties ! Most upright sedum are covered with bee from July through the declination . butterfly stroke and moth also may get back on sedum blooms . Leave the seedheads standing through winter to provide a lieu for coke to land . You ’ll often see birds enjoying seeded player from the industrial plant , too .
Newer sedum mixture have stiffer stems to forestall flopping . The stem and leaf colors include purple and dark red as well as light-green or vary . Here are just a few of the sedums you may detect at nurseries or at theMinneapolis Home and Garden Showthis spring .
Sedum ‘ Brilliant’This sedum cultivar features huge flowerheads on 18 - in - tall fore . The flowers are a burnished pinkish color in summer ripening to a rust people of color in twilight . butterfly can often be seen on ‘ Brilliant ’ . It ’s cony resistant and can handle a bit of wraith , though like all sedum , it loves sun .
Sedum ‘ Double Martini’has maroon stems and almost olive - colored leaves . The flowers are pink and can be slue for bouquets as well as brightening the garden . The plant life attracts bee , moth and butterflies and ride out under 18 inch improbable , so it turn well toward the front of a flower bed .
Sedum ‘ Thunderhead’grows to 30 inches tall and vaunt rose-cheeked red blossom in midsummer into fall . The root are also scarlet and the leaves have red edges when they first come forth . This plant does well in very hot , dry website , admit on slopes .
Sedum ‘ Autumn Joy’is the classical sedum for the North . It grows about 18 in grandiloquent with light pinkish flowers ripening to a rust colouration in fall . Leave the plants standing for winter interest . Give it plentifulness of luminousness as it may fall through in too shady a spot . Autumn Joy is veryeasy to divide , meaning that one plant bought this yr can bring forth many in the future !
Choose several sedum varieties for an promiscuous - care repeated mete .
take note FROM melanocyte-stimulating hormone : The sedum varieties listed above will be available for leverage at our booth at the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show in early March . Stop by and stockpile up ! Society members savour two free ticket to the show .
Mary Lahr Schieris a Minnesota - based garden writer .
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