Botanical Name: Common Names:
Sedum spurium Dragons Blood Stonecrop, Succulent,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Deciduous
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Groundcovers, Succulents & Cacti Dense, Prostrate, Spreading
Description:
A hardy, succulent groundcover. The fleshy leaves are arranged as small green rosettes with red margins. Over winter the foliage turns a brilliant deep red. From late spring to summer small pink star shaped flowers appear. This plant is very hardy and adaptable. Suited to rockery, garden edges, and container plantings giving year round colour and interest.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
<15cm 30-60cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Groundcover, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free, Snails And Slugs
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Liquid feed, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Crassulaceae Europe
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green, Red
Flower Colour: Pink
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: High
Wind: High
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