I am thinking about adding Sedum spurium and Sedum Angelina in the pot of S. Gold Nuggets or S. Cherry Berry.

Is it a good idea?

It a 10-inch clay pot.

Many thanks!

I'd check the zone for the Sedums as Semps will survive in your zone. Lynn @valleylynn do you know?

Charlinex, Angelina is hardy to your zone but tends to pretty much take over everywhere, both from seeds and broke off pieces. It would crowd out your semp(s) pretty quick.

Thanks both of you Bev and Connie, for the replies.

pardalinum said:Charlinex, Angelina is hardy to your zone but tends to pretty much take over everywhere, both from seeds and broke off pieces. It would crowd out your semp(s) pretty quick.

That's what I worried about.

All of these are hardy in my Zone 5b. S. Cherry Berry can survive Zone 3 according to the tag.

I was thinking that Sedum spathulifolium would look neat and not too aggressive but it hardy to just Zone 6. I am using the Mountain Crest website for hardiness zones.

pardalinum said:I was thinking that Sedum spathulifolium would look neat and not too aggressive but it hardy to just Zone 6. I am using the Mountain Crest website for hardiness zones.

That's a beautiful suggestion! I will look for it to see if they are available in Toronto. It probably only lasts in one season though.

If hardy and aggressive but works out in the pot with semps...then just make a habit of pruning and or pulling out the excess to keep things tidy and keep semps from being overwhelmed?

webesemps said:If hardy and aggressive but works out in the pot with semps...then just make a habit of pruning and or pulling out the excess to keep things tidy and keep semps from being overwhelmed?

That's a great idea too! Thanks!

That's the Cherry Berry.

Charlinex said:I am thinking about adding Sedum spurium and Sedum Angelina in the pot of S. Gold Nuggets or S. Cherry Berry.

Is it a good idea?

It a 10-inch clay pot.

Many thanks!

They will be fine. Avoid S. album, S. sarmentosum, and petrosedum. Other sedum are much less aggresive. I would avoid hylotelephenium since your pot is only a ten inch pot.

Just found this thread, late to the party.
Sedum lydium is hardy to zone 4, very well behaved, and tiny.
Mossy Stonecrop (Sedum lydium)

Lynn, thanks for the suggestion! This is a cute one!

And well behaved.

Charline,
I plant sedum and sempervivum together in containers as a second job. Most of the sedum do grow faster, in a small container it's not really a big issue because the sedum are dwarfed or trail out the sides rather than grow vertically, the deeper and larger the pot is the more apical growth you'll get and only then does angelina become a problem. Like Bev says though you can always counteract that growth discrepancy with maintenance. Another thought would be to do something similar to what our fellow succulent enthusiast Mark used to do, which is to use large stones within the planters to create barriers between your varieties. I've done it before and it certainly does help stem the tide of an unruly variety planted next to a tamer one, plus with a tasteful selection of stones they can add to the visual appeal of your planting.
My advice is to experiment and have fun!

Cheers!
-Sol

Nice looking containers with my favorite combination: Sedum and Semps.

In many cases in large garden beds or large pots I find adding fake stream beds, thick or thin to help control the vigorous ones. Does not help with runners but trimming those off should work.

Clumping semps like Chris Hansen's Dazzleberry and others from that line are CLUMPERS. Those I trust around semps. Others that spread by stolons I trust MUCH less.

Our Pacific NW sedums and their hybrids are perfect for this too even though they do spread, the spread is SLOW.

Kevin

That is true.

Clumping hylotelepheniums are fine for pots because they don't die back as hard. Many of the upright/large hylotelepheniums die back violently so if they are in a pot proportionate to their size when they bloom, once they die back it will look very bare without companion plants.

Sol, love how you arrange the semps and sedums in artistic pots!

I have also made some pots for my succulents, just for fun. Never thought about putting semps and sedums into them.

Now you have given me an idea.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Wonder if this hand made bowl is deep enough for semps.



The one below is deep, but not wide enough....