Product Description
Stonecrop with gray-blue leaves, pink edges during summer heat months and pink flowers in early fall and orange-red fall color.
Easy and tough plant with ground covering growth.
For sunny garden with average to leaner drained soil.
Often sold with cultivar name as Sedum sieboldii 'October Daphne' (correct is S. sieboldii, "October Daphne" is common name and not cultivar name).
Blooming Time: August/September (blooms for 4 weeks)
Size: 6-10" tall x 12-15" wide
USDA Zones: 3-9 (heat zones 6-9)
Culture: sun, grows well in average to dry soils, if they are drained (amended with gravel, sand, etc). Medium, medium-dry to dry soil. Adaptable to pH, but soils should be drained and somewhat leaner. Avoid waterlogged, rich and fertile soils! Drought, heat and humidity tolerant.
Moisture Needs: medium (average), medium-dry to dry
Origin: Japan
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes (bees)
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Plant Combinations: Flower beds in sun, edges, rock gardens, retaining or dry walls, troughs, xeriscape (xeric gardens).
Good with small Echinacea, Achillea, short Agastache, summer blooming Allium, Asclepias tuberosa, Calamintha, Coreopsis, shorter Liatris, Nepeta, shorter Oenothera, less spreading Creeping Phlox hybrids (Phlox subulata hybrids), Penstemons, smaller Platycodon, Salvia nemorosa hybrids, Satureja, other Sedum, small Silene, Sisyrinchium, Stachys 'Densiflorus', Thymus, Veronica, Yucca, and grasses like Bouteloa, Sporobolus 'Tara' or short Schizachyrium.
Or combine with small rock garden plants like : other Sedum, Sempervivum (hens and chickens), or Anacyclus, Arabis, Artemisia schmidtiana, low growing Campanula, Dianthus, Erigeron pulchellus, smaller Euphorbia, Gentiana acaulis and similar, Gypsophila repens, miniature or dwarf bearded (MBD, Iris x barbata), Lewisia, Lithodora, smaller Potentilla.
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture Copyright: Walters Gardens