Sedum planting and care in the open field from seeds

Sedum (Sedum) or sedum is an unpretentious plant from the Fat family. They are mainly perennial herbaceous plants or undersized shrubs, less often one-, biennial grasses. These can be ground covers (earthen rugs) or ampelous plants. They can be found in mountainous and arid areas throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

The name of the plant is interpreted in different ways. If we consider the origin from the word “sedere”, which means “to sit”, this is justified by the sessile leaves, and the plant as a whole “sits” on the soil surface. Another version: from the word "sedo" - "calmness", since in ancient times the leaves of some species of this plant were used as an anesthetic. Popular names: sedum, hare cabbage, rejuvenated, etc.

Leaf plates are varied in size, shape, color. They can be in the form of balls, barrels, needles, spatulas with solid or serrated edges, the surface is bare or pubescent. On the trunk, they are located opposite, alternately, or they are collected in whorls. Their color varies from juicy light green to dark green, yellow, reddish colors are found.

The flowers are very attractive. They are small, consist of 5 petals, gather at the tops of the shoots in corymbose inflorescences, less often they are located singly in the leaf axils. The color of flowers can be yellow, white, pink, red, blue.

Growing sedum from seeds When to plant seedlings

Sedum seeds sedum photo

Seed propagation is a lengthy process, acceptable only for patient gardeners.

• Sow sedum seeds for seedlings in the spring from early March to mid-April in shallow containers with light soil (leaf and turf soil, sand, peat in equal proportions).
• Pre-stratify the seed for 2 weeks (place the seeds in a container with sand, cover with foil and keep in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator).
• Then sow the seeds, deepening 0.5 cm into the soil.
• Moisten with a spray bottle.
• Cover the crops with foil, glass, maintain the air temperature within 18-20 ° C.
• Moisten the soil periodically, ventilate the greenhouse. Under such conditions, seedlings will appear in a couple of weeks, they can be uneven: seed germination is average.

Sedum from seeds photo of seedlings

• The grown seedlings are seated in separate containers, when they become cramped in a common container, and are grown before planting in open ground.

Before planting, for 10-14 days, the seedlings need to be hardened, taking them out into the air for a couple of hours, and gradually increase the time outside until the seedlings can remain in the fresh air around the clock. Then the plants will be completely ready for planting and will easily tolerate the transplanting process.

Planting sedum in open ground

How to plant sedum in open ground photo

• Plant sedum plant in open ground when the threat of return frost has passed (around the end of May).
• The plant will grow best in an open, well-lit area, light shading is possible.

The plant is unpretentious to the composition of the soil. In the natural environment, sedum grows on depleted stony soils. In the garden, select an area without stagnant moisture and start planting.

• Dig holes about 20 cm deep and up to 25-30 cm in diameter.
• Mix sand and humus in a ratio of 1 to 3, fill in the hole. Then make a depression for the size of the root system and place the seedling, press the soil around it with your hands, water.
• Plant plants close to each other for a lush rug.
• Tall species are located at a distance of 30-40 cm.

Propagation of sedum by cuttings

How to cut sedum sedum photo

The most popular is vegetative propagation (by cuttings, dividing the bush).

Root the cuttings in the area or in the greenhouse. Do it in the spring. The most convenient and affordable - on the site. Dig up the soil, free it from weeds, level the bed.

• Remove the leaves from the lower part of the cutting, stick it into the soil, deepening a few centimeters, press the soil around the cutting slightly.
• Water, provide shade.
• Keep the soil constantly moist.
• After 1-1.5 months, roots will appear, this will be clear by the appearance of young shoots on the cuttings.
• Transfer rooted cuttings together with an earthen clod to a permanent place of growth.

Stonecrop propagation by dividing the bush

How to split sedum bush sedum photo

Tall species are propagated by dividing the bush.

• It is necessary to dig up a bush in early spring, divide it into 3-4 parts (each division should contain a part of the rhizome and growth buds).
• Treat the cut sites with a fungicide.
• Divide the cuttings into holes in accordance with the size of the root system.

How to care for sedum outdoors

Sedum voodoo Sedum spurium "Voodoo" growing from seeds when to plant

Further care of the plant will not be difficult.

Watering and weeding

Sedum is drought-resistant, categorically does not tolerate moisture stagnation. Water occasionally, only in dry weather. Water the retracted sedum more often, keeping the soil slightly moist.

Remove weeds regularly. Sedum caustic is able to cope with them on its own.

Top dressing

It is not worth feeding with mineral fertilizers - the decorative effect of the leaves is lost. Twice a season (before and after flowering) add organic matter in liquid form.

Pruning and wintering

• Remove wilted flower stalks - they not only spoil the overall appearance, but also inhibit further flowering.
• With the onset of cold weather, the stems of tall species should be cut, leaving about 10 cm above the soil level.
• Shelter for the winter is not required.

Diseases and pests

The plant is rarely exposed to diseases.

Excessive moisture (excessive watering, spring floods, heavy rainfall) may cause the plant to rot. Remove the affected areas, treat with a fungicide.

Mealybug, nematodes are possible plant pests. It is necessary to treat with an insecticide.

Types and varieties of sedum sedum with photos and names

The natural environment is home to about 600 plant species. Consider the most popular in cultivation.

Low-growing:

Sedum acrid Sedum acre

Sedum acre photo

Ground cover, about 10 cm high. The leaves are small, diamond-shaped, painted green. Small flowers-stars have a juicy yellow color.Blooms in early June and pleases up to a couple of months. The juice can burn the skin. Pay attention to the varieties: Elegance, Aureum, Blue Forest.

Sedum white Sedum album

Sedum white sedum album photo

Bush up to 15 cm high. The leaves are elongated, ovoid, by autumn they acquire a reddish tint. The flowers are snow-white, fragrant, open in early summer and bloom for about 1.5 months. Popular varieties: Coral, Karpet, Murale.

Sedum hybrid Sedum hybridum

Sedum hybrid Sedum hybridum cultivar Czar's Gold photo

Creeping shoots extend 10-12 cm. Leaves are thin, serrated. Flowers are bright yellow in color. Flowering occurs in July-August.

Medium-sized:

Sedum false Sedum spurium

Sedum sedum false cultivar Tricolor Phedimus spurius (Sedum spurium) ‘Tricolor’ photo

A popular ground cover plant about 20 cm high. The leaves are fleshy, dark green with a reddish tint. Flowers of a pink-red hue open in May, flowering lasts about 2 months. Growing rapidly.

Sedum Kamchatka Sedum kamtschaticum

Sedum sedum Kamchatka Sedum kamtschaticum photo

Shoots are almost straight, reaching a height of 30 cm. The leaf plates are elongated, with a toothed top, dark green in color. The flowers have a yellow-orange color. They open at the beginning of summer, delighting 1.5-2 months.

Tall:

Sedum the tenacious Sedum aizoon

Sedum tenacious Sedum aizoon photo

Sprawling bush 40-50 cm high. Tokyo shoots have a reddish tint. The leaf plates are narrow with sharp tops, light green in color. Blooms all summer. The color of the flowers is pale orange.

Sedum prominent Sedum spectabile

Sedum prominent variety Brilliant Sedum spectabile brillant photo

The height of the bush is 40-50 cm. The leaves are large, oval in shape with jagged edges. Flowers of pink, lilac, purple hue are collected in corymbose inflorescences. Blooms in autumn.

Sedum telephium or rabbit cabbage Sedum telephium

Sedum sedum telephium purple atropurpurea Sedum telephium (Atropurpureum Group) Karfunkelstein photo

The plant is up to half a meter tall. Leaves are fleshy, arranged alternately. Blooms in early autumn.

Sedum morganianum

Sedum Morgan Sedum morganianum photo

Ampel plant with shoots up to 1.5 m long. Stems are densely leafy, fluffy, due to which a different name is given - "monkey's tail". At the ends of the shoots, flowers of a red-pink hue open up. Blooms in early spring. Varieties: Harry Butterfield, Burito.

The best sedum varieties with photos and names

Sedum sedum Sedum telephium cultivar ‘Emperor’s Wave’ photo

Emperor’s Wave with bright purple flowers and dark green leaves will decorate a flower bed, mixborder or become a wonderful border along garden paths.

Sedum Munstead Dark Red Sedum Munstead Dark Red photo of flowers

The maroon, almost black inflorescences and purplish green leaves of Sedum Munstead Dark Red are an exceptionally rare combination that has made it wildly popular with landscape designers.

Sedum Kamchatka caramel Sedum kamtschaticum caramel photo

Sedum Kamchatka Caramel is a hardy drought-resistant ground cover with a bright yellow-orange carpet of densely scattered small flowers.

Sedum morgana burrito Sedum burrito photo

Sedum Burrito can be planted as an ampelous plant, beautifully framing raised flower beds, hanging down with threads of waterfalls.

Sedum Matrona sedum matrona in landscape design photo

Sedum Matrona with delicate pink flowers on purple peduncles and dark green leaves with a burgundy tint is effectively combined with decorative field herbs, immortelles, chamomiles.

Application in landscape design

Sedum sedum lizard photo

Low-growing species and varieties look great on alpine hills, like a ground cover plant, plant them as green islands in rockeries, rose gardens.

Sedum sedum in landscape design photo

You can create a flower garden of extraordinary beauty: plant sedums according to growth, alternate according to the color of the leaves, the flowering period. The foliage is decorative until the onset of cold, and some do not die off even in winter.

Sedum purple in garden design photo

The sedum plant looks very beautiful in mono-plantings, especially against the background of cereal ground covers, conifers, together with echinacea, geychera, chrysanthemums.

Sedum sedum in mixborder photo

Healing properties

The type of sedum (sedum) purple is rich in tannins, calcium salts, and various organic acids. For the healing of purulent wounds, the treatment of burns, gruel from leaves is used. To heal ulcers, take an infusion.

The sedum caustic has a diuretic, irritating, analgesic effect.

The sedum is useful in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, relieves pain, heals wounds, strengthens the immune system.

To decorate the landscape design of the garden, they are often used succulent sedum plants... In nature, stonecrops grow on meadows and dry slopes of South and North America, Eurasia and Africa. More than three hundred species of this plant are known, of which about a hundred are grown in culture. Of these, Morgana sedum is grown as an indoor flower and many species and varieties are grown in gardens.

Description and types of stonecrop

Biennial or perennial herbaceous succulent plants can be shrub or subshrub. They have varied in color, the shape and size of fleshy leaves, inflorescences in the form of a brush, umbrella or shield and star-shaped flowers of various shades. Sedum bloom begins in summer and continues until frost.

In the gardens, winter-hardy species of stonecrop are grown, which have erect or creeping stems. They are unpretentious to care for and drought-resistant, however, they require good lighting. In indoor conditions, tropical sedum is used to decorate the room.

Types of stonecrops

Sedums can be like ground cover plants, and rather tall shrubs. To decorate the landscape design of the garden, five types are most often used:

1. The sedum is a prominent bush up to half a meter high. In nature, it is widely distributed in Northeast China, Japan and North Korea. The sedum is distinguished by erect stems, tuberous thickened roots, oval or spatulate large green-blue leaves and lilac-pink or purple-carmine flowers. The inflorescences of the sedum have a prominent half-umbrella view and reach fifteen centimeters in diameter.
2. False sedum is a perennial winter-hardy plant with ascending or creeping stems, long rhizomes, dark green fleshy ovoid-wedge-shaped leaves and pink or purple flowers that gather in dense corymbose inflorescences.
3. Sedum caustic got its name due to the fact that its juice can cause ulcers on the skin. It grows naturally in North America, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Western Siberia and the European part of Russia. The plant is distinguished by dark green fleshy leaves up to six millimeters long, rounded branched stems, half-umbellate inflorescences and golden yellow flowers. In height, the caustic sedum reaches only ten centimeters. It has many different forms, is frost-resistant and does not shed its leaves even in winter.
4. The sedum white is a low-growing evergreen perennial with white fragrant flowers. Its panicle inflorescences consist of several branches. In nature, the plant is found in North Africa, Asia Minor, Western Europe, the Caucasus and Russia. The bushes grow up to five centimeters in height and, depending on the variety, may have green, bronze or purple leaves.
5. Sedum large is popularly called hare cabbage, live grass, crow fat, bean grass. This plant with an erect stem grows up to thirty centimeters and has oval flat leaves jagged along the edges, which have toning and strengthening medicinal properties... The color of the flowers depends on the variety and can be creamy white, green or yellowish white or dark purple. In nature, sedum plant grows on the slopes of ravines, in pine forests and bushes, in the fields and edges of forests in Europe and Asia.

In addition to the species described, subulate, six-rowed, Foster's, narrow-leaved, sedum, Kuril, Kamchatka, hybrid, Alberta, spatulate and many other species and varieties are also used in gardening.

Planting and growing stonecrop from seeds

To get bloom the next year, sedums are grown from seeds. To do this, planting seed should be started in March-April.

Sowing seeds is done as follows:

1. The seedling containers are filled with a mixture of sand and garden soil, which is sprinkled with coarse sand on top.
2. Seeds are sown in moist prepared soil at a distance of four to five centimeters from each other.
3. Crops from a spray bottle are sprayed with water at room temperature and covered with glass.
4. Seedling boxes installed in a cool place with an air temperature from 0 to + 5 degrees. You can place them on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. In such conditions, the seeds will undergo stratification, after which they will sprout together.
5. In a cool planting site, it must be kept for two weeks. At this time, the glass must be lifted every day in order to ventilate the soil and check its moisture content. If the soil is dry, it is moistened by spraying.
6. After fourteen days, the seedling containers are transferred to room conditions with an air temperature of + 18 ... + 20 degrees.
7. The soil needs to be ventilated every day and moisturize if necessary.

In about fifteen to thirty days, the seeds will hatch and seedlings will appear. When there are a lot of seedlings, the glass is removed. Sedum seedlings are very small and should be watered carefully.

When two true leaves appear, young plants dive into small hotel containers. Seedling care consists in regularly spraying the soil and loosening it. At the end of April or in May, depending on the climate of the region, seedlings begin accustom to the open air... This is done a week before sedum planting in the garden. On the first day, the plants are exposed on the balcony or plot for one hour, but the hardening time increases every day.

Growing sedums in the open field

As soon as the threat of the last frost has passed, you can start planting seedlings in open ground. A well-lit area is selected for cleaning. Plants can grow in partial shade, but from a lack of light they will stretch out and not bloom so abundantly.

Plot it is recommended to choose an openso that no deciduous shrubs or trees grow on it. If the stonecrops fall asleep with foliage in the fall, then in the spring they may not germinate through it.

Sedums are unpretentious to the soil, so they are often used to decorate rocky hills. But the leaves will become even more beautiful, and the flowering will be plentiful, if you add a little organic fertilizer in the form of compost or humus to the soil during planting.

Young plants are planted at a distance of twenty centimeters from each other. After planting, they must be watered.

Care features

Sedum care includes rare watering only during the heat, when there has been no rain for a long time. Fleshy leaves of succulents accumulate moisture in themselves, therefore plants are capable go without water for a long time. If the soil is constantly wet, the roots and stems of stonecrop can begin to rot.

It is recommended to feed sedums in spring and autumn, for which in summer they will thank with beautiful flowering. You can use organic fertilizers:

• bird droppings are diluted with water in a ratio of 1:20;
• mullein is bred 1:10.

Fresh manure is not used for succulents. Instead of organic matter, fertilizing can be done with mineral fertilizers.

The soil around the bushes regularly cleared of weeds... Rapidly growing ground cover sedums do not allow weeds to grow, therefore, it is easier to care for them.

Stonecrops are often used to decorate alpine hills and flower beds. To make the plantings look neat, the shoots of the plant are regularly pruned.Dried leaves and withered shoots also need to be removed.

Sedum transplant and rejuvenation

Every five years stonecrops must be rejuvenated, for this their old shoots are cut off, and fresh soil mixed with fertilizers is poured under the root. But it is best to transplant the plants to a new place, dividing it into parts and getting several new ones from one old bush.

Sedum - reproduction

Stonecrops can be propagated in several ways:

• seeds;
• cuttings;
• dividing the bush.

Seed propagation has been described above. It is used only for breeding new varieties, using for this purchased seeds... When growing sedum from seed collected in autumn, the plant will lose its varietal characteristics.

Propagation by cuttings

Before or after flowering, shoots are cut from the bush, from which cuttings with several nodes about ten centimeters long are cut. The lower leaves are removed and the pieces are placed on a bed of loose soil. Make sure that one or two knots are dug into the ground.

If cuttings were made in autumn, then the cuttings should be kept at home until spring. To do this, they are placed in a container of water and stored until planting in the garden. To prevent the water from souring, it is regularly changed. During the winter, many roots are formed on each cuttings, and they can be planted in a permanent bed. If the roots are formed and grow back quickly, then the segments can be planted first in a pot and grown sedum until spring at home.

Reproduction by division

In this way, stonecrops that have already grown and have reached the age of five multiply. Also, bushes can be divided at tall sedums. To do this, in early spring, the plant is carefully dug up. The roots need to be cleared of soil, and to determine which of them have buds. Each new bush should have several roots and buds.

If the rhizomes are tangled and intertwined, they are divided using a pruner or scissors. Sections are treated with a solution of fungicidal preparations.

Divided sedums are laid out in the shade and dried for several hours. After that, they can be planted on a new a pre-prepared bed.

Sedum in landscape design

Since sedums are different in height, shape, color of leaves and flowers, they can be used to decorate almost any corner of the garden:

1. Flowering succulents planted on a flower bed can be combined with any both short and tall plants. Even after the annuals have faded, stonecrops will decorate the flower garden with their beautiful leaves until the very frost.
2. With the help of tall sedums, beautiful borders, along which it will be pleasant to walk.
3. Stonecrop with stones will be beautifully and harmoniously combined. The composition can be created on an alpine slide, hillside, or even on a flat area.
4. Sedums can be planted in any small container and renew the appearance of the garden several times during the season.
5. You can make a beautiful lawn from densely planted sedum. The downside of this design is that you cannot walk on such a lawn.

Beautiful and unpretentious succulent sedum plants are ideal for decorating any part of the garden. Caring for them is so simple that even a novice gardener can grow stonecrops in his area and create with their help a unique alpine slide or flower bed.

Sedum (sedum) - planting and care in the open field

Sedum, or sedum, is not striking in its catchy beauty, but nevertheless it fell in love with many flower growers. Various varieties of sedum are successfully used in landscape design: after all, the modest charm of these plants (this is well reflected in the photo) will decorate the flower arrangements of the garden. Although this perennial plant is quite unpretentious, it will still require proper care. This article describes in detail all the secrets of planting and growing sedum in the open field.

Sedum: description and varieties

Sedum, or sedum, belongs to the genus of succulents, the fatty family.Sedum is a herbaceous plant, although most types of sedum are perennial, but there are one- and two-year-olds. Stonecrop has settled all over the planet, choosing places for life with a temperate climate and a bright sun, but it is more widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.

Sedum is beautiful with its leaves even when not in bloom

There are about 500 varieties of sedum, which in appearance may not be alike at all. Most sedum species are undersized, creeping and sod-forming; shrubs or semi-shrubs are less common. The shades of flowers are very different: white, yellow, greenish, pink, dark red and even blue.

The most common sedum varieties used in landscaping are:

1. Sedum prominent - a bush with high straight stems (up to 60 cm high), with light green thick leaves. Stonecrop blooms in September, and for the duration of the month its flowers, united in baskets of inflorescences, delight the eye with a beautiful pink shade.

   Sedum prominent

2. Sedum telephium - a perennial shrub with unusually beautiful dark purple leaves. Flowers of red or bright pink color are collected in spectacular thyroid inflorescences.

   Sedum telephium

3. Sedum compact Is a perennial plant with strong stems with gray-green oblong ovoid leaves. Flowers of this species are white, with a rich aroma.

   Sedum compact

4. Sedum false - a perennial plant is very popular among flower growers, due to the fact that its branches form a beautiful covering, which serves to decorate carpet flower beds.

   Sedum false

5. Caustic sedum - a frost-resistant perennial plant. Acrid sedum thickets form a sod carpet on the soil, which covers the ground all year round - this type of sedum does not lose leaves in the fall. Sedum caustic comes in different varieties, which vary in shape and size, but they all have flowers of a consistently bright poisonous yellow color.

   Caustic sedum

6. Sedum reclined (bending back) - a very unusual plant with thick, curved stems dotted with rolling, densely spaced needle-like leaves. The plant resembles many outlandish furry caterpillars gathered together. And these cute caterpillars form very picturesque rugs of green shades, about 20 cm high.

   Sedum reclined

Planting sedum (sedum) in the open field

Sedum is an unpretentious plant, so growing it outdoors is not too troublesome. For planting most varieties of plants, you should choose places well-lit by the sun.

Attention! If you plant a light-loving plant in a shaded place, then it will lose its attractiveness, the leaves will lose their healthy freshness and fleshiness, the stems will elongate and deplete, and the plant will not bloom.

Light soil with good drainage, without moisture stagnation, is suitable for stonecrop. If the soil in the garden is heavy, with poor water permeability, then it is necessary to prepare a special place in the open ground for planting sedum.

The first thing a sedum needs is enough sunlight.

This requires:

• prepare the soil: take sand and humus in a 3: 1 ratio and stir well;
• dig a hole in the ground 20 cm deep, the diameter of which should be about 50 cm;
• fill the hole with the prepared mixture;
• plant plants;
• sprinkle the soil around the seedling with fine gravel or gravel.

If done correctly, sedum will grow and bloom well. The best time to plant sedum is from the second decade of May to mid-October.

Place fine gravel around the sedum

Stonecrop propagation

Sedum can be planted in any of three ways of propagation: by seeds, cuttings or dividing the bush.

Seed propagation

The seed method can be used in two ways. Just sow the seeds into the soil at the place of "permanent residence", in the previously prepared soil. The best time for sowing seeds: late April - early May.

Advice! The seeds do not need to be planted very deeply in the ground, as the seedlings are very delicate and will not be able to break through the thick ball of earth. It is better to sow them on top of the soil and cover them with a thin layer of sand.

The second method is to plant seedlings in a flower garden. To do this, fill the flower box with a mixture of earth, sand and humus (1: 1: 2), water lightly, sow seeds (as mentioned above) and cover with glass or foil. When the emerging seedlings have already grown up, they can be transplanted into open ground.

Sedum seeds

Important! You need to know that sedum grown from seed does not bloom in the first summer.

Propagation by cuttings

Any adult stonecrop stalk will do to get a planting stalk. It is necessary to cut off a part of the stem and plant it in a pre-prepared place, deepening it into the ground by 3 cm.

Reproduction by dividing the bush

Every 5 years, sedum must be transplanted to a new place. Better to do this in the spring. The plant should be dug up, and the overgrown bush should be divided into 3-4 bushes. Fracture points must be treated with powdered activated carbon. Dry the bushes for a couple of hours in a dark place and can be planted.

The culture reproduces painlessly by dividing the bush

Care and fertilization

Although sedum is not a capricious plant, it nevertheless needs care. Young shoots definitely need watering as the soil dries up, but it should be remembered that excess moisture is harmful to them. An adult plant, if the summer is not particularly hot, does not need frequent watering. It is necessary to ensure that there are no weeds around the stonecrop - he does not like such a neighborhood.

Advice! In the fall, after the cessation of flowering, stonecrop must be cut off - remove all shoots. This contributes to the renewal and rejuvenation of the plant. During the dormant period, if necessary, cover the plant so that it does not freeze.

The sedum plant should be fertilized twice a season: before flowering and when the plant has bloomed. For feeding, you can buy special mineral and organic fertilizers. An aqueous solution of manure with nitrogen is especially useful for cleaning. But do not overfeed the plant too much - this reduces its resistance to the negative effects of weather conditions.

Do not flood the plant, otherwise the roots may rot.

Pests and diseases

Although sedum does not suffer too much from diseases and pests, there are some that pose a danger to it.

1. Nematodes - infect the stonecrop root. The manifestation of infection is noticeable in the appearance of the plant: the leaves wither, become dull and pale. Dying areas and characteristic swellings appear on the roots. There are no methods of dealing with nematodes. The plant must be destroyed along with the soil.
2. Thrips and aphids can covet the fleshy and succulent leaves of the sedum. Their bites deform the leaves and drain the plant. Insecticides can be used against these pests, but it is recommended to choose milder products intended for fruits and berries. Stronger agents can burn the leaves.

   Weevil

3. Weevil - can feast on sedum leaves. It is enough to sweep these bugs into a paper bag and burn them.
4. Rot can appear due to improper watering or excess moisture in the soil. Treatment: transplant to another place in a specially prepared substrate.

Sedum in landscaping and combination with other plants

Sedum is very decorative, and each variety is interesting in its own way. It is used by gardeners in landscaping to create beautiful compositions. But usually it is planted in combination with other plants to decorate flower beds, rockeries or alpine slides.

Sedum in landscape design

As a single plant, sedum is best planted in groups - this way they look very picturesque. For example: stonecrops look gorgeous in separate glades, where they form large lush carpets.

The borders of flower beds and paths, lined with "creeping" sedum, look very impressive.Stonecrops planted in pots look quite beautiful - they can be used to decorate a terrace or stairs or used as a decorative element of landscape design.

Unpretentious sedum: video

Varieties and varieties of sedum: photo

 

The succulent plant sedum (sédum) belongs to the jumbo family. The habitat is very diverse: from Eurasia to the northern and southern parts of America. Sedum belongs to perennial herbaceous plants. However, rarely, it happens to be two years old. Contains species and varietal diversity. In parallel, another name for the plant is widespread - sedum. The plant is unpretentious to care for, but requires proper and constant care. It is widely used in the world of landscape design, in various compositions.

   

Sedum forms whole stems with leaves, which tend to accumulate water. The stem height ranges from 40 to 70 cm, depending on the species. At the same time, the stems are: erect, creeping and sod-forming. Contains small actinomorphic flowers resembling an asterisk.

The bright palette of flowers is varied in basic colors: red, white, pink, yellow. It has the following inflorescences: umbellate, corymbose and racemose. Flowering occurs in summer or autumn. Large root system of tuberous shape. It grows mainly in meadows and dry slopes. Possesses good winter hardiness.

 

 

Sedum growing from seed

 

Seed propagation is easy and simple. It is enough to thoroughly prepare for this process. Seeds are planted on seedlings from early March to late April. Before planting, they are preliminarily stratified and prepared for transplanting seedlings as follows:

❀ The seeds are laid out on the surface of the soil in a small container and moistened.

❀ Covered with a plastic bag and placed in the lower section of the refrigerator, at a temperature of 0 to 5 degrees Celsius.
❀ After two weeks, they are transferred to room conditions.
❀ In the future, subject to the temperature of 18-20 degrees, and with moderate soil moisture, the first shoots appear in a month.
❀ Upon reaching 1-2 true leaves, it is necessary to dive the seedlings into the pots.

Reference! Stratification is considered to be long-term keeping of seeds at a certain temperature for their further accelerated germination.

In advance, you should prepare the soil for plant pots, which should include components: sand, peat, rotten leaves and sod in equal proportions. For a better soil structure, brick chips are added. At the bottom of the pot, a drainage layer is first laid out, and then the prepared mixture. Then the soil must be loosened and watered evenly. Stonecrop seedling is planted in a recess in the middle of the pot, sprinkled with soil and watered.

The first days after planting, the seedlings are in a darkened place. With an increase in growth, plants are transferred to a more sunny place. Caring for a plant in a room requires regular ventilation and even watering. The sedum grows very well at home, and takes root quickly.

 

 

Sedum outdoor landing

 

Correct and high-quality planting stonecrop is based on step-by-step actions. You should familiarize yourself in more detail not only with the planting process itself, but also with the choice of a seedling and a place.

Sapling selection

The seedling for planting must undergo a thorough inspection. Choose healthy plants. Seedlings with various damages, signs of diseases or the presence of pests are excluded. When inspecting the leaves, you must make sure that there are no sluggish specimens. Attention should be paid to the soil in which stagnant water and excessive moisture are not allowed. It is also necessary to decide on the variety for the composition, since the varieties differ in the color of the leaves, the length of the shoots and the color of the flowers.

Advice! A low variety is suitable for a flower bed, and a high one for group and single planting.

Choosing a seat for landing

Sedum belongs to light-loving plants. It is necessary to choose an open, sunny area with good soil, without stagnant moisture. The sun's rays have a beneficial effect on the decorative effect of the leaves. Plant parameters and leaf color are taken into account for a harmonious combination on the ground with other crops. Creeping and ground cover varieties thrive on rocky and rocky areas. Some varieties can also grow in darkened areas, but their stems are significantly extended.

Recommendation! Plants should not be planted under a deciduous tree; in the spring, due to fallen leaves, young shoots may not germinate.

Soil preparation

Unpretentious sedum grows well on various soil. However, for full development and lush flowering, all types of plants require a special composition. All this should be taken into account when choosing a site. Fast growing ground cover varieties require light, loose soil that is rich in nutrients. Other varieties prefer loamy, sandy, or lime-rich soil. Before planting, in any case, it is worth digging up the site, adding a small amount of compost or humus to the soil.

Sedum planting technology

Sedum is planted after a period of spring frost. Time for planting is May. The spacing between plants should be at least 20-25 cm.

Landing includes the following sequence:

❶ Dig a hole up to 20 cm deep, up to 50 cm in diameter.

❷ Distribute the drainage on the bottom of the pit in one layer.
❸ Mix sand with humus in a ratio of 3: 1. Fill the pit with the prepared compound.
❹ Make a small indentation in the middle of the hole, to the depth of the root system of the seedling.
❺ Carefully plant the seedling in the recess and sprinkle with soil, gently pressing down with your hands.
❻ Mark the hole by placing small stones around the plant.
❼ Place fine gravel or crushed stone in the hole.
❽ Water the seedling

Attention! Planting a plant in a dark place can lead to depletion of leaves and stems, and in the future it will stop blooming.

 

 

Sedum outdoor care

 

Proper care is the key to not only the healthy appearance of the plant, but also to abundant flowering. Necessary components of care: watering, fertilizing and, to a lesser extent, loosening.

Watering

The sedum plant does not like waterlogged soil. In the first period after planting, the plant needs regular, moderate watering. This contributes to its rapid establishment and good adaptation. At a more mature age, watering is carried out during prolonged heat or drought. The guideline for soil dryness is an elementary hand test, if the soil is so dry that it cracked, then it is necessary to water it. If fresh, slightly damp soil is visible when loosening, it is too early to water.

Loosening

Thanks to the process of loosening around the stonecrop, unnecessary weeds are removed and the soil is enriched with oxygen. In addition to loosening, a mulching process is carried out, which keeps the soil loose and enriches it with nutrients. For plants, you can use various mulches.

Top dressing

Special feeding for all types of sedum is not required. For the season, it will be sufficient to apply fertilizers only twice: before flowering, and after it. Liquid organic fertilizer is applied using nitrogen in a small amount, until the formation of flowers. At the end of flowering, a complex fertilizer is used.

IMPORTANT! Blooming stonecrops in the fall should be cut off the shoots. This contributes to the renewal and rejuvenation of plants.

 

 

Sedum species and varieties

 

Initially, the sedum genus numbered about 600 species. Over time, the number of species has decreased to 300. Currently, only about 100 species are bred and raised. Each type of sedum contains a large number of varieties that differ from the main species in the color of the stem, flowers and leaves. A photo of flowers clearly shows the uniqueness of each type.

 

Sedum caustic (Sédum ácre)

Perennial plant species.Has a thin root system. Numerous ascending stems, with fleshy dark green leaves. The inflorescence contains golden yellow flowers, with a calyx length of 2 to 5 mm. Flowering lasts from mid-spring to late summer. Drought-resistant and winter-hardy. Caustic sedum is a honey plant, but its juice gives off a dangerous poison. The most popular varieties:

❀ Elegans (sedum elegans): similar to sea coral, contains foliage, slightly curled in shape.

❀ Aureum (sedum aureum): characterized by the yellow color of the shoots at the tops.
❀ Blue Forest (sedum Blue Forest): has a bluish tinge of leaves and bright flowers.

Sedum morganianum

A perennial plant native to Mexico. Due to the densely leafy light green leaves and branches spreading up to 1.5 meters in length, the species received the second name "monkey's tail". Actinomorphic axillary flowers in the form of red-pink asterisks, located at the end of the stem, up to 2 cm in diameter. Flowering begins in early spring. The most common varieties of morgan sedum are:

❀ Harry Butterfield (sedum Harry Butterfield): has pointed leaves that are lighter in color.

❀ Burito (sedum burrito): differs in rounded leaves with a bluish tinge.

Sedum bent or reflexum (sedum reflexum)

An evergreen perennial plant. Distributed in central and northern Europe, as well as in the central part of the Caucasus. Creeps low on the surface of the earth. Narrow bluish-green leaves are densely planted on short stems. They can also have a pink or silver tint. Blooming yellow flowers lasts from June to July. Grows well at any temperature. Bent sedum is classified as an edible plant. The sour taste of stonecrop is in perfect harmony in salads, and in many dishes.

 

False sedum species (sedum spurium)

Perennial undersized plants with creeping and ascending stems. They grow in the southwestern part of Asia. In the Russian Federation - on the territory of the Caucasus. The oval-shaped medium leaves contain jagged edges. Small purple flowers are collected in dense inflorescences. As a result, the look has a different name - purple carpet. They are winter-hardy. The main varieties of false sedum:

❀ Sedum false crimson (sedum raspberry): characterized by crimson flowers with bronze shoots.

❀ Sedum false voodoo (sedum voodoo): has bright pink flowers, and burgundy-red leaves.
❀ Rubens Lizard (sedum Rubens Lizard): differs in pinkish tint of leaves with light pink flowers.
❀ Kokeinum (sedum сoccineum): or red rose, with reddish-crimson flowers and red shoots.

Sedum spectabile

Stonecrop is prominent in East Asia, especially China. The tall species is characterized by an erect stem with light green leaves. The inflorescences contain small pink flowers. Flowering takes place in September. Popular varieties of sedum prominent:

❀ Charles (sedum Сarl): has bluish leaves and umbellate inflorescences of purple-carmine or pinkish-lilac flowers.
❀ Matron (sedum matrona): has a dark green leaf color and light pink flowers. ❀ Neon (sedum neon): contains grayish leaves and pink inflorescences.

Kamchatka sedum (sedum kamtschaticum)

It is widespread in the Far East, on its rocky slopes. Refers to a perennial undersized species. Contains rising stems with dark green leaves. In the corymbose inflorescence, yellow-orange flowers. Bloom - July - September. The root system has a lignified appearance. It tolerates winter well. Of all the varieties of this species, the most prominent variety is "Golden Carpet", which has bright yellow flowers.

 

White sedum (sedum album)

Perennial sedum is common in the north of our country. Forms a low, creeping carpet of green stems and small leaves. The inflorescence is paniculate, contains fragrant snow-white flowers.Winter-hardy and grows well in partial shade. The most common varieties:

❀ Coral Carpet (сoral сarpet): or white moss, forms a creeping canvas from flowering flowers.
❀ Hillebrandty (hillebrandtii): flowers are orange in summer and pink in winter.

Where to Buy Sedum Seeds

 

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