Purchased this plant for $1. Got it home, watered and fed it, put it in the sun slowly until it was in full sun part of the day. Now it has lots of new growth.
The main succulent leaves of Sedum sarmentosum, an Asian stonecrop, are thick & roundish, but it flowers mainly on "strings" or creeping branches of thinner almost needle-like pointed leaves. The flowering stems of leaves in many cases creep away from the main plant or dangle over the edge of a container, in other cases rest on top of the rounder main leaves.
When finished blooming cut all the blooming stems back to the larger, rounded leaves for a tidier looking plant.
Reseeds easily and is more drought hardy than some of the other sedum.
Not fussy about soil type or condition. It grows on average four to six inches tall but can hump up higher, with virtually limitless spread.
This is such a versatile succulent and will grow in almost any situation. The photo from July 18, 2012 is taken of S. album growing in moss on a cement bridge.
It is a mat forming, creeping ground cover.
Update Oct 2010: I have now realised I was wrong about a bunch of things.
-Sedum burrito was originally collected in Veracruz, Mexico, by Paul Clifford Hutchison (1924-?), with the collection number 1328A, probably first grown at the Berkeley Botanic Garden in California.
-Sedum burrito Moran is a validly published name. It was published by Reid Venable Moran (1916-Feb 2010) in 1977 in the Los Angeles Cactus and Succulent Journal.
-The ending '-o' in this Latin binomial is grammatically acceptable, although this combination is extremely rare in Sedum. The two words may end in this manner if both are nominative nouns which do not agree in gender, 'sedum' is neutral, whereas 'burrito', whatever the etymology, is male
Needless to say, we need not agree with these people. Generally, experts seem to have withheld their opinion, merely mentioning that they are probably the same. S. morganianum was itself also found in Veracruz in the 1930's, and it has never been found in the wild again. Reports of it occurring elsewhere are simply false. S. morganianum has 2n=70, S. burrito has been given 2n=69(???). This is of course very strange. 2n=69 is only possible in a hybrid or a mutant where incomplete crossing-over has occurred. 2n=69 almost has to be self-sterile.
This is a good choice for a shady rock garden or well-drained woodland garden. It forms mats of evergreen, succulent, small, blue-green leaves 2 to 3 inches tall with 6-inch tall, flat, sprays of starry white flowers in early summer. It would be beautiful growing naturally from pockets of rich, moist soil on calcareous rocks where the creeping stems can dangle and spread.
Nevius Stonecrop is fairly uncommon in the southeast, occurring on limestone and shaley cliffs in sun or light shade. In Tennessee, it is an endangered plant that has only been found growing along the Ocoee River gorge in the southeastern corner of the state. Tiny, blue-green, succulent leaves form evergreen, 3" high structures resembling tuffets. Early summer flowers are starry white with purple anthers on 4 inch stalks. Although delicate in appearance, Nevius Stonecrop is quite tough. It likes very good drainage and sun or part shade and dry to moist conditions.
One of the lowest growing Mexican Sedum varieties. Very dense grower has tiny leaves with little white hairs on the edges. Summer flowers of bright yellow. Keep relatively dry and water from below when feasible.
Forms clusters of stems to 4" in height with very chubby green leaves that has a "cracked" epidermis. Hernandezii is one of the "Jellybean" sedums, named for their plump and colorful jellybean shaped leaves. A very low grower, this sedum does well as a potted specimen, great for dish gardens, windowsills, wreaths or small area ground cover, and works well in a rock garden landscape. They like to be moderately moist but never overly wet. Water thoroughly when soil is dry to the touch. Sedums like good air circulation, and little or no fertilizer is required. Outdoors provide partial sun to light shade, but they will be unhappy and lose their characteristic color and shape unless given lots of bright light when kept indoors. It has excellent drought and cold tolerance but protect from frost to prevent scarring.
Plants of Sedum griseum are subshrubs with erect or sometimes procumbent (laying along the ground), much-branched stems having gray-brown bark; twigs are pale green or gray-brown.
This sedum can handle temps into the low 20 if kept on the dry side. If you live in an area with winter rains you can place it on a covered porch, or under the eves of the house.
It is a combination of being wet and cold that will kill it.
This also makes a nice specimen plant in place of a tree in a miniature garden if kept pruned to the desired size.
Indeed, this is a very small sedum. In fact, I was a bit taken aback when I received it. But it is perfect for miniature gardening, succulent wreaths and succulent terrariums. Very charming and I've fallen in love with it.
This is a sedum of rocky mid-elevation to subalpine areas along the Cascade and Siskiyou mountain areas.
The golden, more singular star shaped flowers are held above tiny clusters of succulent oval leaves that are green when young, turning bright red when older; looking a bit like strings of jelly beans.
This evergreen stonecrop spreads readily, rooting where stem tips touch the ground.
This sedum is native to the United States and can be found in it's native habitat in the AL, AR, GA, IL, KS, KY, MO, MS, OH, OK, TN, TX.
Areas of flat rocks, especially openings in cedar glades, ledges of cliffs, and bluffs, in shallow soil or in living mats of moss on rocks, often on limestone, sandstone, and chert.
It can behave as a perennial, but is mostly considered to be an annual. It reseeds readily and blooms the same year from seed.
I found this little Sedum at one of my local big box stores a couple of years ago. I don't know much about Sedums but I fell in love with the "coral" look of the foliage. Unfortunately, I lost most of the plant to over-watering but there are still a few little pieces that I stuck beneath another plant and they seem to be surviving!
Coral Reef needs very good drainage to keep it healthy and growing well. Extremely beautiful coral color when weather turns cold. I give it a 3 for growing in the PNW because of our wet season. Will look at my rating after another season with improved mix giving it better drainage.
9/18/2014
I have found that this does very well with morning sun and afternoon shade. Longer periods of sun will bring out more of the coral color in the leaves.
It was brought into the country by Ed Skrocki when he obtained it from a friend in China. It was first offered by Plant Delights in 1997.
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