Sedums (stonecrops) in your landscape...beauty without the bother!

Sedums (stonecrops) for ground cover.....easy care spreading plants.


Autumn Fire and Autum Joy are hardy, excellent upright sedums with long lasting blooms.

Purple Emperor

You don't need a green thumb or hours of spare time to grow sedums. They thrive in almost any sunny site as long as the soil drainage is good. They're drought tolerant and not picky about soil fertility or pH. They're also easy to propagate, which makes them a definite favorite of mine. This is the perfect plant to divide and share with friends. I have excellent results propagating sedums by tip cuttings. All you need is a pair of pruning shears and a plastic tray or pot filled with a well-draining soil mix. I use equal parts of potting soil and sand. There's no need for rooting hormones or humidity tents.From the tip of the stems, snip sections with three or more leaves into pieces 3 to 4 inches long. Pull off the bottom two leaves of these sections and push the cuttings into moistened soil mix so that the exposed nodes (the points where the leaves join the stem) are below the surface of the mix. The new roots will emerge from these nodes. Water the cuttings and set them in a shady place. Check the soil mix often and water enough to keep the cuttings from drying out. Sedums generally root in about 3 weeks. You can check by gently tugging on a cutting. If you feel resistance, it has roots on the other end. Six to eight weeks after starting, cuttings are ready for transplanting. I tip the cuttings out of the pot, gently pull them apart, and plant them directly into the garden or pots.