Sedum (Sedum): varieties and species with photos, care, planting, propagation. Sedum - a plant of “unobtrusive” beauty: varieties and species with photos
Growing sedum (sedum) helps to create a unique landscape of a park, garden and decorate the local area. Perennial, ornamental plants are spread over the surface of the site in a multi-colored carpet.
Is it difficult to cultivate sedums, are there poisonous varieties among them, and what kind of care is required?
Sedum is a succulent plant from the Crassulaceae family. It grows wild in American, Eurasian and North African natural landscapes.
The name sedum comes from the Latin - to pacify, calm, and also sit; in Ukrainian – ochistok (to cleanse).
Sedums are known by other names:
- Hare grass (cabbage);
- Skripun;
- Youthful;
- Crassula;
- Fever Grass;
- Sedum;
- Hernia grass;
- Living grass.
Description
Sedums vary in type: ground cover (10-30 centimeters), tall bushy (up to 80 centimeters). The leaves of the grass are round, fleshy, without veins.
The thickened stems of the Crassula contain leaves and end in an inflorescence at the top. The tuberous shoots are rooted firmly in the soil.
Over time, sedums conquer new areas of the site, forming a continuous cover. Bush forms are also capable of growing.
There are poisonous varieties of sedums; some release toxic substances into the air, adversely affecting surrounding plants.
Types of sedums - what are they?
The diversity is great, with hundreds of tropical and cold-hardy species known. The most decorative of them are grown culturally, separated into separate genera (Ochitnik, Zhivuchnik, Petrosedum) and varieties.
Ground cover
These are creeping species that cover the soil, ranging in height from a few to 30 centimeters. Bushes spread on the ground create the illusion of dense coverage, making them seem stunted.
Used to decorate alpine slides, rockeries, borders, roofs and walls. Planted in containers (including hanging ones).
Purple flowers of varying intensity, 0.5 centimeters in diameter, are strewn with gray, bluish leaves. There are red spots on the leaves. The length of the stems is 8-10 centimeters. The varieties are frost-resistant, demanding of light, moisture and soil looseness. Flowering: August-September. Examples of varieties: Rosenteppich and Rose Carpet.
Creeping stems, up to 25 centimeters long. Blooms with colorful flowers in October. It is grown in containers, on alpine hills, and rockeries. Used to create topiary. Dragon, Mediovariegatum are the most common varieties.
The easily rooted stems spread out and reach a length of 15-20 centimeters. The flowers are 0.7 centimeters in diameter, of varying intensities of pink and red, appear in July-August. The bluish-gray leaves are decorative. It is demanding on the composition of the soil (does not like alkalization), needs constant weeding and light watering.
Variegatum variety is widespread. The shoots do not completely lodge, the rhizome becomes woody. Stems 15-25 centimeters long have yellow flowers with stamens during the flowering period (July-September), then scarlet fruits appear. Likes watering and partial shade.
The mat is 10 centimeters thick and has flower stalks up to 30 centimeters high. The leaves are green, bluish, then turn red. Flowers yellow, pink. It grows quickly and takes over areas. Beautiful in containers. Watering is regular. Purpureum, Elegance are famous varieties.
Beautiful, very decorative. Bushes up to 5 centimeters high, flower stem 10 centimeters. Green leaves turn red in the sun, flowers are yellow and pink. This is a winter-hardy variety, unpretentious to the soil, and does not like excessive watering. They use it to green roofs, plant them in rock gardens, and decorate topiaries.
Loves sun, light and partial shade, blooms in July-August. The plant is 15 centimeters tall and forms covers on the soil. They decorate flower beds, mixborders, and spacious containers. The leaves are green, becoming bronze and red in autumn. Flowers in different shades of pink, burgundy, red and white. Only some varieties: Elizabeth, Tricolor, Album, Leningrad White and others.
The coating is dense, continuous, height 5-10 centimeters, poisonous. Green leaves, yellow flowers. Flowering June-July. Undemanding to living conditions. Tolerates winter and drought well. It is easy to weed out and grows very quickly. Sedum caustic is a melliferous plant, interesting varieties are Minus and Elegance.
Bushes up to 40 centimeters, bluish-green leaves with pink inflorescences. Grows quickly, winter-hardy, unpretentious. Suitable for growing in rock gardens and rock gardens.
Rare variety. Cover 4-5 centimeters. Green leaves turn red in the sun, creeping shoots have white flowers. Does not like drought, grows in partial shade. This evergreen plant will decorate borders and rockeries.
Shrubs
This is a tall type of sedum. This type of sedum is unpretentious to grow: it grows on soil poor in humus, in rocky areas. Tall varieties of sedums need more watering than creeping ones, because their root system is not covered with a continuous carpet of vegetation.
They bloom from summer to autumn, in one place for many years, and are more popular among gardeners than their low-growing counterparts.
Forms a bush of 40-70 centimeters. The leaves are green, may be purple with a bluish tint. Flowers range from white, white-pink, to deep purple. Blooms in August, until October, requires moderate watering. It produces aerial shoots that are removed. This variety is grown in spacious containers, mixborders, and single flower beds. Varieties - Iceberg, Carmen, Crystal Pink, Stephen Ward.
The bush is tall, up to 80 centimeters with pink or purple flowers. The leaves are green, oval. July and August are the flowering months. Hare cabbage is grown in mixborder groups and is suitable for growing in a container. Bon-Bon, Red Globe, Trafle are varieties of sedum.
The shrub reaches a height of 50 centimeters. Blooms all summer. Loves shade, prefers poor soils, unpretentious appearance. Watering is moderate and regular.
This sedum grows up to 60 centimeters in height. The leaves are greenish-gray. Flowers of different colors: white, pinkish, pink. Late flowering in September-October. Prefers sunny places along with partial shade. Watering is moderate.
How to care
Sedums are undemanding to growing conditions and grow easily, turning the designated area into a green meadow. Prefers soils that are loose, fertile, sandy loam, and acidic.
Grows better in light areas, does not bloom in the shade. Accumulates moisture and does not tolerate drought.
Planting in open ground, watering and weeding
Seedlings are planted at the end of May and June, after returning frosts (all summer). It is good to add ash and sand to the soil. Choose an open area, not under trees. Holes are dug at a distance of 20 centimeters. The sedum will bloom in a year or two.
Sedums require periodic watering and weeding; they are suppressed by proximity to weeds.
Top dressing
Feed with diluted mullein or complex fertilizer. Do not use fresh manure.
Trimming
Bushes are formed from varietal sedums: on multi-colored varieties, green shoots are removed so that the species does not degenerate. Overgrown stems and dry inflorescences are also cut off, making the planting compact.
Sedum in winter
In regions where there is a lot of snow, sedum is not covered for the winter. Preparation for wintering includes pruning almost all shoots. The remaining stems are sprinkled with earth. Trimmed shoots can be rooted, stored at home and planted in the soil in the spring.
Transplantation and rejuvenation
Sedum thickets are aging and need replanting and rejuvenation. In spring or autumn, old branches are removed, young plantings are divided into parts and transplanted to another place. It is enough to carry out this procedure once every 3-4 years.
How does sedum reproduce?
Reproduction is carried out in several ways: seedlings from seeds, cuttings and dividing bushes.
Seedlings from seeds
In April, you can sow sedum seeds in seedling containers. The seeds are laid out on the surface of the soil (earth and sand), sprinkled with coarse sand and, after moistening, covered with glass or film.
Seedlings are grown in a cool place. From time to time, ventilate and spray the seedlings with a spray bottle. After 2 weeks, the containers are moved to a warmer place. Shoots appear within a month. After two leaves appear, they dive.
Before planting outside, they are hardened for a week, taking them out for a certain time.
Propagation by cuttings
Before and after flowering, the sedum can be taken from cuttings and planted. This is a simple procedure, despite the fact that sedums take root well. Cut off part of the stem, deepen it into the soil or place it in water (until roots appear). When roots appear, they are planted in a permanent place.
Dividing the bush
Produced in the spring by digging up and dividing the roots. Each part must be checked for buds. Treat the cut with a fungicide and let it dry. After a couple of hours they are seated.
Pests and diseases
Rarely affected by disease, it can rot from high humidity. The diseased areas are cut off and the remaining shoots are disinfected. Pests that sometimes attack sedum are aphids, weevils and thrips (they are controlled by using insecticides).
is one of the plants of the family called Crassulaceae, in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Sedum aizoon L. As for the name of the tenacious sedum family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Crassulaceae DC.
Description of sedum tenacious
Sedum tenacious is a perennial herbaceous plant, the height of which will fluctuate between twenty-five and forty-five centimeters. The rhizome of this plant is short and thick. The stems of this plant will be strong and straight, the leaves are oblong-rhombic in shape, and they will be finely serrated along the edges. The flowers of this plant are yellow in color. Under natural conditions, the tenacious sedum is found in all regions of the Far East, Western and Eastern Siberia. For growth, this plant prefers dry meadows, dry grassy slopes, edges of pine forests, places among bushes, rocky, sandy and coastal cliffs. It is noteworthy that this plant is also poisonous.Description of the medicinal properties of sedum tenacious
Sedum is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the grass and roots of this plant for medicinal purposes. The term grass includes flowers, stems and leaves.The presence of such valuable healing properties is recommended to be explained by the content of tannins, anthraquinones, phenols and their derivatives, oleanoic acid, beta-sitosterol, as well as the following carbohydrates in the roots of this plant: sucrose, glucose and fructose. The aerial part of this plant, in turn, will contain alkaloids, glucose, fructose, sucrose, essential oil, gallic acid, flavonoids, tannins, coumarins, vitamin C and the following organic acids: malic, oxalic and citric.
It is noteworthy that the experiment proved that the aqueous extract of this plant will have antipyretic and anticonvulsant effects, and will also inhibit the development of leukocytosis. This extract is endowed with hypotensive, tranquilizing and detoxifying properties.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is very widespread. A decoction prepared from the roots of sedum tenacious is recommended for use for diarrhea, dysentery and septicopyemia, as well as diseases of the blood vessels. This product is also antiseptic, hemostatic, antipyretic and antibacterial.
An infusion and decoction prepared from the herb sedum tenacious should be used for anorexia, pulmonary tuberculosis, hepatitis, pneumonia and various kidney diseases. Also, such products are used as wound healing agents. Externally, an infusion and decoction of the herb of this plant is used for bruises and arthralgia in the form of baths and poultices with water and milk.
It should be noted that the juice of this plant is endowed with very extensive antiviral activity. Fresh leaves of sedum tenacious should be used as a very effective wound healing agent, and is also used for ulcers, wounds and calluses. In addition, the experiment proved that an infusion based on the leaves of this plant will have the ability to increase the tone and amplitude of contractions of the intestines and isolated heart, and will also help to slow down the rhythm of contractions. For diarrhea, take a teaspoon of crushed dry herbs of this plant in a glass of boiling water. This mixture is infused for one hour and then filtered very carefully. Take this remedy three times a day, one tablespoon.
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A plant up to 60 cm tall with straight stems, densely leafy, elongated-lanceolate, almost leathery leaves. It blooms very profusely in June-July. Inflorescence Sedum tenacious - the flowers are golden-yellow, collected in corymbose inflorescences up to 6 cm in diameter. Unpretentious sedum, can grow in shadows.
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The first night frost, which often occurs already during Indian summer, noticeably changes the floral ambience of the garden. Like a domino player, it mixes all the pieces to start the game over. From this time on, the tone of the game is set by plants that do not care about slight cold snaps. These are sedums.
The autumn off-season, that is, the period from the first night frost until the snow falls, sometimes lasts 2-3 months. At first, this is the restless time of withering of grasses and the gradual loss of leaves by trees. Then an equally long period of “black trail” when the rains are replaced by either falling or melting snow. These are the majority of sedums or sedums from the Crassulaceae family, which prolong the beauty of our garden.
Flowerbed. Sedums tolerate urban gas pollution and car exhaust well, which makes them attractive for public landscaping. In flowerbeds in the middle of traffic circles, you can clearly draw the outline of their design, followed by filling in the gaps with summer trees. Bordering such objects with borders of their tall bushy sedums also looks good.
Windows in paving, flower beds. Small shops, companies and offices occupying the first floors of high-rise buildings, as well as front gardens at entrances, need low-labor, but always elegant decorative landscaping. This corresponds to compositions with a small number of plants. In a paving window, for example, you can arrange a stylish garden consisting only of a huge boulder surrounded by only sedums.
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Ground cover unpretentious perennials are often used in ornamental gardening. Various types of sedums have gained great popularity for their unpretentiousness and decorative appearance throughout the season. Sedum is a herbaceous plant of the Crassulaceae family. People also call sedum young.
Origin
In nature, it is widespread in the temperate zone of the American continent and Eurasia. A little more than 20 species of sedum are grown in culture.
Description
Sedum is a perennial creeping plant with succulent stems and fleshy leaves. Basically, these are low-growing groundcover plants, although there are types of sedums up to 70 cm high. The foliage color of the sedum is light green or gray, but there are varieties with variegated leaves, purple or yellow. Sedum flowers are small, collected in inflorescences - shields or umbrellas. The flowers can be white, yellow, red or purple.
Varieties of sedum can be divided into groups according to the height of the plant: low-growing, medium-growing and tall. The following types of low-growing sedums include:
Types of sedums with medium-sized bushes.
- Sedum is false. One of the popular species in gardening. The height of the plant is 15 - 20 cm, the foliage can be colored in different shades, depending on the variety. Sedum flowers change color from soft pink when blooming to crimson or purple when fully opened. The inflorescences are large, up to 7 cm in diameter. Varieties:
- Sedum Kamchatka. The plant is low, growing in width. Sedum shoots are reddish and thin. Blooms in July with bright yellow-orange flowers. The variety Yellow Rose (Golden Carpet) is very popular.
Tall types of sedums are very attractive. The beauty of sedum can be appreciated by looking at photos of flowers.
- Sedum is tenacious. Lush branched bushes grow up to half a meter. Sedum flowers are orange.
- Sedum is prominent. A plant with vertically growing shoots, 40–50 cm in height. The foliage is silver-green in color. The inflorescences are large, up to 15 cm, pink, lilac or reddish. Varieties:
- Poplar sedum. Branched plant, up to 30 cm in height. The flowers are collected in small inflorescences, pinkish-cream in color.
Sedums with original foliage:
Sedum Oregon - leaves are reddish, fleshy, similar to candy. Blooms with yellow flowers.
Spatula-leaved sedum is a plant no higher than 10 cm, with reddish leaves covered with a whitish coating.
Caustic sedum juice can cause skin burns!
Choosing a place to plant sedum
Sedum requires an open and sunny place. In the shade, even lacy shade, the decorative value of the plant decreases sharply, the color of the foliage fades, and the shoots become elongated.
Sedums are succulents, which means they prefer dry, rocky, well-drained soils. Low-growing groundcover sedum grows well on poor soils (sandy loam and sandy soils). Abundantly flowering varieties of sedum need more fertile soil - humus is added to the sandy loam in a dose of 5 - 6 kg per 1 sq. m. meter. Sand and crushed stone are added to loams. The general soil requirement for all types of sedums is good drainage; even a slight stagnation of moisture at the roots will lead to rotting and death of the plant.
A perennial can grow in one place for up to 5 years. Then the sedum is rejuvenated by replanting the plant.
If sedum is grown in a pot, you need to carefully consider the choice of container for the plant. Preference should be given to ceramic wide and low pots. The composition of the soil for indoor sedum is as follows: humus 1 part, coarse river sand 2 parts, peat 1 part.
Reproduction
Sedums can be propagated by seeds, dividing the bush and cuttings. Seed propagation is a complex and labor-intensive process due to the long and meager germination of seeds. This method cannot be recommended to ordinary gardeners; it is used by breeders to develop new varieties of sedum.
Cuttings are quite common in sedum propagation. Pieces of stem and leaf cuttings of sedum take root easily within 12 to 15 days. For successful rooting, prepare a plot of land with a predominance of sand in the soil. At home, a layer of expanded clay or pebbles is poured into a seedling container as drainage, then an earthen mixture consisting of 1 part turf soil and 2 parts sand. The mixture is moistened and compacted.
Cut apical shoots of sedum, 7–9 cm long, with pre-dried sections, stuck into the soil and sprinkled with sand to 1 cm. The plantings are watered, trying not to erode the soil around the cuttings. When the branches take root, grow and become stronger, the young plant is transplanted to a permanent place. It is better to carry out cuttings from spring to late summer; in the fall the cuttings will take root worse.
Sedum is propagated by dividing the bush in spring and early summer. An adult bush is dug up and divided, using a knife, into several sections. The delenki are dried for a short time in a place protected from the sun, and planted in new areas.
In creeping sedum species, at the beginning of summer, you can bury the creeping shoot with soil. During the summer season, the stem covered with soil will grow roots. A rooted shoot can be separated from an adult bush and replanted.
Planting sedum in the ground
In the spring, sedum seedlings purchased from nurseries or grown at home from cuttings are planted in open ground, no earlier than May. Serious frosts should no longer threaten the plants.
For a sedum seedling, dig a hole 15–20 cm deep and up to half a meter in diameter. A layer of crushed stone or expanded clay, 2–3 cm thick, is poured onto the bottom. The pit is filled with a mixture of sand and humus in a ratio of 3 to 1.
The sedum seedling is placed in the center of the hole, spreading the roots to the sides. Sprinkle the roots, pressing and compacting the soil with your hands. The distance between sedum bushes depends on the size of the variety, but cannot be less than 25 cm. The seedling is well watered, the soil is mulched with fine gravel or granite chips. 
Sedum care
The plant does not need intensive watering; natural precipitation is enough for it. Only young plants need to be watered with warm, soft water until they take root. Adult plants are watered only if the finger immersed in the soil remains completely dry.
It is necessary to remove weeds in a timely manner, especially around young sedums. Sedums do not require fertilizing. Only lushly flowering species are given liquid fertilizing with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers for flowers, before and during flowering. Faded shoots need to be cut off so as not to weaken the plant by producing seeds.
Sedums are rarely affected by diseases and pests. However, a weakened plant, if agricultural practices are violated, may be subject to invasion by sawflies. In this case, the plantings are treated with Aktelik. During the rainy and cold season, the plant may get fungal diseases. Affected plants must be destroyed so that the infection does not spread throughout the flower garden.
They winter well and do not require shelter in the middle zone of sedum: bent, caustic, white, prominent and false. Other species require shelter. All sedums are cut off in late autumn, leaving stumps 3–4 cm high. Heat-loving species are covered with spruce branches, straw, and shavings. The main thing is that the shelter is breathable. In spring, you need to remove the cover in time so that the sedum does not wither.
Sedum in garden design
Ground cover varieties of sedum are widely used to create carpet flower beds, landscaping alpine hills, rocky retaining walls, and even roofs.
Low-growing varieties of juveniles are popular in indoor floriculture. Unpretentious perennials are used in compositions of florariums, decorative panels, and bonsai. Sedums look great against the background of any stones, be it round pebbles or rough splintered granite.
Tall sedums are planted on paths and combined with other plants in a flower garden. Sedums look great with most perennial plants; they are good in the company of hostas, ornamental grasses, etc. Sedums look good in mono-plantings; the variety of varieties allows you to choose plants so that the composition will look colorful.
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Sedum Evers forms a neat bush with lodging stems covered with bluish rounded leaves. These stems reach a length of 30 cm. The foliage of this sedum does not die off. In spring, amazingly beautiful blue roses begin to appear on curved dry stems. , when the bluish leaves are covered with dew, the Evers sedum carpet glows with a silvery-bluish light! The stems cover the space tightly, so small plants cannot be planted nearby. But large plants and stones look very good, drowned in the blue sea! In addition, you can direct the stems in the desired direction yourself. When it's time to bloom, the sea of Evers sedum turns from blue to dark pink. Evers' sedum blooms in the second half of summer. Each stem ends in a cap of dark pink flowers that attract insects.
Like any sedum, Evers' sedum requires full sunlight. He doesn't like stagnant water. The soil must be poor. It propagates by pieces of the stem, which, after tearing off, must be placed on the ground and sprinkled with soil, not forgetting to water.
Evers' sedum is winter-hardy and unpretentious. Looks great on!
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Bird's sedum has small, thick, flattened leaves densely dotted with red stems. The leaves themselves are green, but in the sun they turn red. this sedum with leaves. Early, when the sun warms them, the leaves are intensely red. The height of this sedum is about 10 cm. It blooms with small yellow flowers.
Bird Sedum is very responsive to growing conditions. So, on one I have it with half-naked stems, and on the other it forms a tall, lush, dense mat of green-reddish leaves. The sun on both slides is the same. But on the first the soil is more fertile, and on the second with clay. And this sedum especially should not be overfed.
The soil must be permeable and poor. Full sun is also necessary.
Propagated by dividing the bush and cuttings.
The most amazing sight of Bird's sedum is in early spring, when its leaves turn red. They remind me of blood bags. It is similar in shape to its leaves, only its leaves are smaller and have a bright light green color.
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very nice carpet plant. The stems, 15 cm long, are covered with bluish narrow leaves, like Christmas tree needles, and densely cover the soil. At the ends of the shoots, the leaves are collected into a ball. This is probably why they called him Round. These balls hold droplets of water very nicely.
During flowering, Sedum Round throws out long peduncles that proudly rise above. Its flowers are bright yellow. Attracting, like any other, a lot of insects. The leaves on the peduncle turn red during flowering, which gives the sedum additional charm.
Sedum Round needs soil without stagnant water and in a sunny place.
Sedum grows very quickly, imperceptibly penetrating into neighboring plants with long shoots. It propagates by tearing off a piece of a stem or cutting off part of a division.
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Probably the poplar-leaved sedum is the most amazing of all! It bears little resemblance to ordinary sedums. This sedum has lignified shoots up to 30 cm long, covered with leaves surprisingly similar to poplar leaves. They fall on the leaves. And the upper part of the shoot dies, but perhaps it’s just freezing off. The only semi-shrub species of sedum in our country and in the entire hemisphere. Poplar-leaved sedum is found only in Siberia, often along the banks of large rivers. This species is considered one of the oldest sedums.
Poplar-leaved sedum grows well in partial shade and even shade, but in the sun in hot weather it suffers and requires watering. At first I didn’t know about it and planted it in the sun, like all the other sedums. A month later I suddenly found out about it and rushed to urgently replant it in the shade. But the sedum did not suffer in the sun at all; probably it did not consider our North-Western sun to be the sun.
The inflorescence can be pink or white. It is almost spherical and very heavy for flower stalks. During flowering, the shoots bend towards the ground and the plant can be tied up. Or you can plant it near more durable neighbors, on which the sedum can lean.
Poplar sedum is one of the few Crassulaceae species with fragrant flowers.
You can plant it on the north side.
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