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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)

• Sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile 'Herbstfreude')
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Maybe it's a her and we'll have lots of leopard tadpoles next spring! We've usually just had plain old green frogs...

That's a nice looking patch of Autumn Joy. There are some huge patches around my neighborhood that I can't help but wonder how old they are.

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!!

I've ran into a couple people like that in real life...

I know! I'll find myself trekking across town with the family and want to pull over and inspect yards...maybe when the kids are older and more patient. In particular, there are a couple spots around town that have semps growing vertically from walls - it looks pretty crazy when flowering. I need to grab some pictures.

It looks like confusum might be herbaceous (via google) - I guess that means everything falls off until next season? That's going to be interesting.

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.

So do they lose all their leaves/stems for you over the winter?