Not all will come true by seed. No telling what you will get from the hybrids, and some of the hybrids are sterile.
To get a new variety (hybrid) you would have to cross pollinated two different sedum. If I understand correctly a sport is a mutation of a normal plant. It is isolated and propagated giving way to a newly named plant.
Sedum 'Autumn Charm' is a sport of 'Autumn Joy'
sport parent

Isn't it amazing the difference between the two.

Some pics from my sedum beds:

The coloring on most of my sarmentosum is so vivid! I don't think the camera can quite capture, but they are kind of a neon green with pale purplish-red (sorry, I'm terrible with color names!):



Some interesting reds on on of my kamtshaticum 'Wehenstephaner Gold' (wonder if I spelled that right...):




Confusum and Larinem Park flowering! I was afraid I'd lost the Larinem Park, as it never really took off last year, but it certainly seems to like spring. Confusum has been an all around solid grower for me in every position I've tried it. The one on the left is sediforme 'Turquoise Tails'.



There's so much I want to do, and so little time...I'm barely keeping up with the weeds at this point. Pulled them with a little one on my knee last night...not the easiest on the back .

One the bright side, all the work I've invested in the front planter over the last year is paying off as everything is reaching the point of growing together and mingling...which I think was my goal. Some kind of mess of color and such .

Edit: Oh, I forgot, I started putting in some planters (idea obviously inspired by Lynn's!) along my driveway that I'm just intending to use as a sedum melting pot where I can harvest clippings from, but I have some semps in there as well until I find a better spot for them. Currently looks something like this:



Please forgive the my poor photo combining skills :).
Of note, on the far right is a Frosty Morn...one of the plants from my "list" that I've been hunting for a while. Local nursery had two hidden in their Frog's Tongues...hopefully they prosper and I'll wind up with far more than 2 ;).

Love the menagerie of plants in the last photo, Andy.

Is that a sprinkler head? I was told I lost a lot of my plants due to overspray from a sprinkler. Hope it is fully under your control so you can water when you want not when someone (HOA in my case) wants to.

I do like the way those bricks create perfect succulent planters.

It looks like a little solar light. I have a bunch of them around my sedum garden. It really looks neat when they come on at dusk.

And, I am really impressed with your colony of confusum. Do you have it in full sun, or partial sun? I think I will try putting mine out in one of the raised beds this year, your looks so happy. Looks wonderful with your 'Larinem Park'. I may have to give that sedum a try. Love the white flowers.
Phedimus floriferus 'Weihenstephaner Gold' is one of my very favorites. Starting in May it shows some really spectacular coloring.
I love your new raised bed. I am really looking forward to update photos as the seasons progress. Great job

Wow Andy these beds and plants look great!!!

Thanks guys :)

The beds are my zen space (we need a zen smiley face...) in the midst of the chaos. Got out and stare at the plants until I notice what changed over night...return to the chaos, rinse, repeat .

Can't wait until I can expand them. I had another section started, but we're doing some remodeling of the house and the workmen kinnnda parked/stepped all over that (glad I moved the semp bed beforehand!), so I need to wait another month or so a) until their done and b) until I have tiiiiiiiiiime on my side.

pardalinum said:It looks like a little solar light. I have a bunch of them around my sedum garden. It really looks neat when they come on at dusk.

Yep, you got it, little dinky $2.50 solar lights I picked up to test and see how well they work. And how well do they work? About $2.50 well

Lynn: I've got a bunch of confusum now...probably sorta too much actually heh. I had a couple plants get smash last year, and those smashed plants turned into about 8 new ones..so far they've grown everywhere I've put them - the one in that picture was in full sun all last year in our hot-ish summer. I've also got some up in the shady/probably less than part sun side (that new bed) and a couple in pots in random places around the yard. Seems very rugged to me, up there with rupestre angelina & rupestre golden spruce for survivability and flexibility.

I have another kamschaticum ("kamtschaticum var ellacombianumA" - sorry still using all the old names until I have LOTS of new room in my brainspace ) in a few spots and all of it died over completely over the winter, while I don't think the W.G. did at all. Kind of interesting, as I naively assumed that two plants close enough related to have similar names would share a deciduous or non-deciduous trait, but I guess not. But hey, that's a big part of why I'm doing all this: learning!

Oh my, Andy I just noticed your avatar. You have a treasure, what looks to be a fasciated Sedum spurium of some kind.
Don't let anything happen to it.
I will definitely give it a try with the confusum in one of the beds, or maybe in two of the beds.
I do find some of the ones that look like kamtschaticum do go winter dormant, so maybe they just haven't come up yet?

@OFM yes totally agree with Lynn, several of mine are deciduous and haven't fully leafed out yet, give yours time, they may surprise you. I've also found that it depends on the winter and on how long I've had the plants, my newer ones seem to handle winter less well.

valleylynn said:Oh my, Andy I just noticed your avatar. You have a treasure, what looks to be a fasciated Sedum spurium of some kind.
Don't let anything happen to it.
I will definitely give it a try with the confusum in one of the beds, or maybe in two of the beds.
I do find some of the ones that look like kamtschaticum do go winter dormant, so maybe they just haven't come up yet?

Oooo neat! I didn't realize it was anything out of the ordinary as it's been doing that for a while.

I pulled up my inventory and it looks like it MAY be spurium dragon's blood, however 50/50 may be a NOID. I think I was waiting to see what it looked like this year Here's another shot:



I think I have another unknown that is doing the same thing, I had them tentatively grouped as the same type (whatever that may be) in contrast to two other noids, and I guess this is a good argument for that, as I certainly bought all 4 at the same time from the same place.

Should I separate off one of the fascinations or something and see what it does on its own?

I would separate it a pot them up in containers, where you can control their environment. Oh what a wonder photo. You should be able to tell if it is 'Dragon's Blood' when it blooms, the blooms should be red.

I love it too. At first glance it looks like a Cockscomb.

I love the way the rosettes grow along the top of the comb.

My Dragon's Blood sedum never looks that good. Very nice. Just went out and did a check of how my sedum did over the winter. John Creech is growing like crazy. Spreading the most of all the sedum I planted last year.


Lime Zinger is another fast multiplier. I divided it into 5 clumps last fall, all from one started in the Spring.



Sweet and Sour is delightful this time of the year. Not a fast grower here.


Voodoo is a nice color and has spread fairly fast in my sedum bed.


And then there are those sedum like Angelina, kamtshatium, acre and blue spruce that I have grown for years and just keep on spreading. They work well for cooling off the roots of my clematis.



I also like them for growing over lilies. The lilies will pop up in this bed soon.

Strangely enough even my iris don't seem to mind the sedum growing into them.

Nice collection and they all look great!

Susan, what a great idea, growing sedum as a ground cover for your clematis. I never would have though of that. I must give it a try. And how beautiful that iris is with what looks to be Angelina as a ground cover. What iris is that?

That is Sparks Fly. A Standard Dwarf Bearded. I'm sure most iris growers would shutter to see how Angelina is growing into it. I find the shorter sedums work almost like a mulch below clematis and lily bulbs.

I have a friend that grows sedum and semps around her iris and it is beautiful. And the iris look so healthy. And yours is just beautiful.

Susan that really is pretty!! I have my clems growing in pots and have used other plants, but now I am going to try sedum because here in Seattle they will stay leafed out all year long!!