Sedum rupestre SunSparkler® Red Angelina™

Patient breeding finds its reward in the rich color of Sedum rupestre SunSparkler® Red Angelina™, a marvelous ground cover more than 13 years in the making. The spiky, fleshy foliage is deep, cherry red over a long season. It’s also superb in shallow containers growing at the feet of other succulents. ‘GarSol2’ PPAF

Sedum is a large genus of fleshy-leaved annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the Crassulaceae family, from temperate and subtropical zones, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere. Some of our favorite, upright members have been reclassified as Hylotelephium and other genera. Sedums are succulents, having the ability to store water in their tissues and use it efficiently. These mat-forming or upright plants occupy habitats from arid deserts and grasslands to mountain cliffs. Succulence and other adaptations (waxy coatings, purple or blue/silver leaf coloration) allow Sedums to thrive in harsh conditions—cold, heat, wind, blazing sun, dry shallow soils. These tough, low-maintenance plants prefer average-to-poor soil and require excellent drainage. Also known as Stonecrops, they present a kaleidoscope of substantial, colorful foliage over a long season, topped by star-shaped, nectar-rich flowers for pollinators. They’re perfect drought-tolerant choices for rocky, sandy, or gravelly soils in rock gardens, containers, pavement edges, stone patios, hellstrips, green roofs, and water-wise gardens of all kinds.

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