I say unconsciously when maybe I should say subconsciously? IDK. It's not that I specifically seek Sedums, but I just love them when I see them!

I liked it better when they were all together. Now there's Petrosedum, Phedimus, Hylotelephium. It's hard to remember. Did I forget any?

I've created a sub-list on my plant list on this site to lump them. Unless I missed something. I don't see many of the Hylotelephium type to gather, which were everywhere when I lived in OH, but I've managed to collect those below so far. By any name, I think the whole lot of them are some of the most cheerful plants.

Those that grow well


- I've had this for yrs. but it has never bloomed. I have painstakingly spread it like a ground cover in various areas in the bareish spots between taller, wispy plants, like Bletilla and Hemerocallis, anywhere there's some bare earth. It doesn't creep around much on its' own though, a strange plant, like a million tiny individual shrubs. They do make adorable little trees/shrubs in a mini garden.

These struggle no matter where I put them



Just arrived


I had this before but lost it. Trying again!

I've had 3 Phedimus and lost all 3. So bummed, especially about spurius 'Tricolor'. Maybe I shouldn't have brought those inside? It's hard to find hardiness info for so many of them.

What do you think about Sedeverias? I like that they are hardy in my outside mini gardens, and have superb colors! Also happy if brought inside for winter right by a sunny window. I have more types of Sedeveria, but have lost track of a few of the names.

Sedum, hylotelephium, petrosedum, phedimus
They only have big differences in lower zones such as dormancy differences (or maybe you also have dormancy in sedum)

I have gathered a few more.

Sedum tectratinum 'Coral Reef'


XSedeveria 'Pink Granite'


Silver Sedum (Sedum treleasei)

I Love S. "Coral Reef" and S. treleasei. The looks of the later seems so primitive bulky but cuddle-ly at the same time.

LOL! I agree!

The chubby sedums are so cute!! They resemble gummies to me...

Coral reef is a really good sedunm. I have it in a windowbox in full blazing sun. It is nearly 90% red.

I'm sure that's pretty! Trying to get my head around which need to come in, which could go in a mini garden.

I remember Coral Reef growing beyond "Miniature" as I had to prune when it was grown in a 20 inch diameter pot.

It is not mini

I like the "Faro form" of Sedum album for miniature plantings

Thank you! I don't think of mini plants in regard to their potential overall size, just about the size of the foliage. If I can trim it to keep it diminutive, I'll put it in a mini garden.

Like this Ficus benjamina. I trim and prune it often. If left to its' own devices, it would be MUCH taller and totally out of proportion, though in general, proportion is totally abused in my mini gardens. There is also Kalanchoe blossfeldiana in there, which I also snip often to keep it small. And Sedeveria which get too tall. The only thing that doesn't need at least an occasional trim is the Lithops.


My question was about winter hardiness.

Ohhhhhhh...
Most of the chubby wubbies are not hardy.
The other paddle-like ones are hardy.
All of phedimus, hylotelephium, petrosedum are hardy for you. (Phedimus are the ones with scalloped leaves but grow like sedum, hylotelephium go dormant and die back, mainly grown for the flowers and foilage, they look like bushes, petrosedum is just sedum but with pointy or pine-like leaves)

All of the jelly bean sedum styled ones are not hardy, and so are cleavum and trealisi, which are hardy to some extent, but I am pretty sure not hardy at 8B.

Oh and to answer your question specifically,In the newest sedum haul, only the coral reef is hardy. You can easily behead and replant for more babies,, it does very well with it. When you root the heads do it in light shade temporarily and then once they have roots move them to full sun if you want the color.

I just realized you are in zone 8B..... I thought you must have been in Florida or something to have that much tropical plants!!

Thank you very much! The shape comparison is a great way to rough sort.

I love leaves as much as, or maybe more than actual flowers. Deciduousness aside, the leaves are there doing their thing every day. If the leaves bore me, I'll need go be super-wow'ed by the blooms to have it around.

I am in a higher zone in my mind, zone denial. For a few mos, a lot of my plants have to come inside or into makeshift greenhouse to shelter from frost and some cold rains. It seems that being able to control the moisture is a great way to cheat the zone a little bit. But one of these winters is going to bring another 9° night. That happens here & when it does, will likely cause a mini mass casualty event.

According to my plant list on this site, I've designated 27 current plants as "sedum-ish." Since they don't share a single genus name, it's been a great way to pull them together as a group to look at. It looks like you're making great use of the list features on this site too. : )

Ah that reminds me, I'm missing a categorie of my list! The sedum!


You might want the sunsparkler sedum(Hylotelephium) for mini gardens, espeically the lime zingger. if yo u trim it too hard it might not bloom.

I was surprised to see that you didn't have a Sedum list. ; )

I haven't seen a Sedum yet that I didn't want.

Interesting that you never had the Kimnachii bloom. Mine bloomed like 1 year after I got it. I tried crossing it with Echeveria elegans, but to no avail...

Agreed. I have it in various locations outside & in a bunch of pots that are now inside for winter. IDK what other condition might yield some blooms.

If mine tries blooming again, I might try more hybridization. Unfortunate that the previous attempt was unsuccessful. My Sedum pachypyllum is also blooming, hopefully at the same time as my Echeveria purpusorum

Kudos to your exploits! Very interesting.

Some sedum bloom only in certain conditions.
It also depends on the amount of sun you get.
Sedum need a certain amount of bright sun every day in order to trigger blooming.

Aeonium,
If you have grow lights, you can force Sedum to flower. I have a post about it from a while back in this forum.

I find that a lot of the round-flat leaved (current) sedum can be reluctant to bloom unless they are in the ideal condition to do so.

In some cases, the ideal condition for blooming isn't the ideal condition for growing.