#AUTUMN JOY SEDUM LEAVES FULL#
Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun, will tolerate light shade Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, succulent Sedum are a favorite plant of butterflies and bees. This is a very easy to grow and care for perennial. When grown in overly fertile soil the plant may not be as strong and tend to flop over. They prefer full sun and a well drained soil as Sedum is susceptible to fungal disease in wet humd summers. The leaves are generally a smoky blue in summer and shades of burgundy in the fall. Stonecrop is known for its large dense flower heads that bloom from summer into late fall, as well as its colorful foliage. Foliage is dense and succulent, meaning the leaves are thickened and fleshy to retain water, so the plant is very drought tolerant and the high water content gives Sedum its’ always healthy look. Commonly known as Stonecrop, Sedum is a large genus with varieties from low growing to tall. Even out of bloom, the succulent foliage is luscious and vibrant. Sedum are uncommonly fresh and healthy all season long. Heads can be dyed or painted, and the dried stems and inflorescences are long-lasting and tend not to break up because they are sterile.Sedum, commonly known as Stonecrop, adds fresh blue green foliage and large colorful flower heads to the fall garden This has become a very important plant for flower arranging on both sides of the Atlantic. It is just as easy for cuttings to be rooted up in spring from new stems (on which it only takes a few weeks for the carrotlike roots to develop), although such cuttings may not flower in their first year.ĭrying stems produce heads of rust-colored fruit in early winter, and these can be taken and dried artificially for use in flower arrangements. Generally, roots are divided in spring and allowed to dry out thoroughly under a bench (perhaps in a greenhouse) before replanting. Horticulture : Perhaps this is one of the easiest stonecrops to grow - hence its wide distribution in parks and gardens. Variation : As plants are always cloned from vegetative propagations, every plant in cultivation should be identical, but growing conditions do make some difference: in a well-manured border, plants can be a meter (3 ft) high and a meter (3 ft) across, but in poorer soil, the show is less impressive. Flowers are distinct and a stark contrast to those of H. Upper leaves are much smaller than lower leaves and have a different shape.
'Autumn Joy' leaves are blue-green, the largest of any stonecrop, and extremely dentate ( Leaf shapes, fig. spectabile, but the latter has less-dentate, light green leaves and is usually much shorter in stature. Vegetatively this cultivar could be (and often is) confused with H. Petals are light pink, but the flower color is dominated by fleshy, dark pink-purple carpels compacted on flat-topped umbels. Main points of distinction : Flowers have no male parts (i.e., no stamens or anthers). Perhaps it is more correct to refer to it as 'Herbstfreude', but in English speaking countries 'Autumn Joy' is well known and widely used. Habitat : This hybrid is of garden origin, appearing in Europe in 1955. It is a hybrid between Hylotelephium telephium and H. Renowned for its huge convex cymes of purple flowers late in the year, which attract butterflies in profusion at a time of the year when little else is flowering, it soon forms a glaucous, almost spherical, herbaceous mound.
Growing to 60 cm (24 in) high or more, it throughly deserves its popularity. 'Autumn Joy' / is the most common tall clone in genus Hylotelephium in parks and gardens in Europe and the United States.
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