Hamwild you are going to love that sedum.

valleylynn said:Okay, here is my plan Tim.
I have two clumps. I am going to trim one and leave the other in it's current state.
I will do photos, before and after and their progress.

I did basically this same thing.

Here is the one that got a winter haircut.


And here's the one I didn't touch.


I think either way works. It's a matter if you want it to spread out and cover ground. Or if you prefer to keep it in one spot. This guy seems like it wants to be a spreader and that's what I planted it for.

Same results here Tim. I am preferring the no hair cut.

Hi everyone,

Have you seen a sedum like this before?
It has white 'ticking' at the end of each leaf

Hi Tiffany, can you take a photo of the entire plant? It looks like one of the Petrosedum group.

It looks interesting! Hi Tiffany!

Hi Greg!! :)
Yes, Lynn, I do! It does look like a petrosedum repustre, but I've never seen the white ticking on the tips like that and can't find anything in research...
Heres a few more pics. Its getting ready to bloom, and I'll take pics as it does so.
Have any of you seen this before?










In this close up photo of the flower, I just noticed how white and fuzzy it looks. The flower is not pubescent-it's not even cat fur! It's the pod of the very annoying cottonwood trees that grow all over the Valley around here. Haha!

The white ticking is on every leaf, and more prominent at the base.

Where did you get it from? It is very interesting.

That is interesting!

I know I did not purchase it like that. I just noticed it growing like that this Spring. I took a cutting from who knows where to add some interest to that pot (you might be able to see that the Semp growing around it is 'Oddity'). When I was watering last week I saw the ticking.

@JungleShadows
Kevin have you ever seen anything like this?

Could low or insufficient moisture be causing the lighter tips? Tiffany, it'll be interesting to see if the stay that way.

Interesting theory, Sean! I can devise an easy experiment to test that hypothesis by growing some cuttings in a moist media. Usually my 'blusish' (or glaucus) petrosedums-includiing 'blue spruce,' and several other blue varieties-show their stress with pinkish to red/purplish on leaf tips...I haven't seen white before...

I'll grow some cuttings and document what I see.

Great idea Tiffany.

I'm with Lynn....Like the idea. Please keep us posted.

Update on the white tipped sedum mentioned with photos above: Found the origin plant and it looks to be a genetic trait that was well expressed in the original clipping I grew into the above plant. And the 'Tipping' is not a consequence of over or under watering (tested and ruled that out). The origin plant had stems with white tips on some of the leaves, and stems with pink tips on some of the leaves. I've taken cuttings of all 3 variations and I'm propogating them, and I'm going to self-cross them (each of the 3 variants have a flowering stem, so that was handy).
3 variants I'm propogating and self-crossing:

Stems with white 'tips' on ALL leaves (see pics above)
Stems with white 'tips' on SOME leaves
Stems with pink 'tips' on SOME leaves

I'll let you know in a year.

Some of my Hylotelephoum have germinated in many places of my garden.
Seedlings





Happy about that. I always leave the flowerheads all winter because I like there form.

Interesting Hylotelephium seedling you have there Julia. Will be interesting to see what the bloom is like. Be sure to post a photo when it happens.

I leave my seed heads until spring also. The different birds and other things use them as food, and I like the looks of them in the winter landscape.