valleylynn said:About the Phedimus spurium plants, there are so many dark leafed ones now that it can really be difficult to tell them apart. Especially when grown in different conditions of soil and light.
Ofm, that Sedum confusum is wonderful. It looks very happy planted in the ground. I may have to give that a try with some of mine.
Truly gorgeous color on your Phedimus spurium.
gg5 said:Looking on SMG succulents this one looks like it could be yours http://www.smgsucculents.com/S...
but again there are several out there...
gg5 said:Lynn good question!! I am planning to plant mine this fall, but I have to clear out and amend to soil so its quicker draining. Currently there are california poppies and other wild flowers there, but having a mix of sedum and poppies and upright sedum could be very pretty!! That's my plan, to make a sedum garden area (I especially love ground cover sedum - need to uprights for their height in the background )
Oh and here is my sedum apoleipon (a greek sedum) OPA!! What blooms! @MotherRaphaela (in case you are of Greek ethnicity!)
- Stonecrop (Sedum apoleipon)
- Uploaded by gg5
valleylynn said:Ofm, did your confusum go through last years winter in the ground?
MotherRaphaela said:By the way, if you click to enlarge the "Autumn Joy" sedum picture above (and here), you can find the leopard frog on the stone just below and to the right of the sedum... He's a cutie who's hung out there all summer, although this wasn't the best photo of him... (I didn't notice him this time until after I took the picture)
Maybe it's a her and we'll have lots of leopard tadpoles next spring! We've usually just had plain old green frogs...
gg5 said:MR - thank you for the history!! I like hearing people's stories!! sad and amazing regarding NAZI's - I've seen these videos on Youtube about "Why the holocaust never happened" one in particular where the film maker goes into great detail about why this and why that = but never getting to the fact that there were witnesses to these horrific events! And people lost family members! (sorry I won't begin my rant here!!!) I thank you for your openness!
OFM - Portland has some great yards!! Sedum are everywhere!! (like Seattle!)
Confusum may be deciduous so make sure you wait long enough into the spring before deciding that you've lost it!
This is my first year with Confusum as well, so we'll see how it does!!
valleylynn said:Thank you ofm, I had S. confusum planted outside for several years, but last years winter did it in. Record lows with no snow cover. It is listed as being hardy to zone 6, but I think zone 8 would be more realistic.