sedum-lydium-mossy Size: #4 True

Description: Mossy Stonecrop (Sedum lydium) has brilliant green, fleshy succulent leaves that turn completely red in a drought and during the fall and winter. Mossy Sedum’s puffy white blooms with a hint of pink are a nice compliment. Sedum is great for rock garden paths, or spilling over banks and rock walls, but also quite useful in shady areas as well.  Sedum is also deer resistant and very drought tolerant.

Spacing: Plant 6″ apart.

Height: Tight to the ground.

How To Grow: Plant in morning shade to full sun

Foot Traffic: Moderate

Hardy Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9

Tips: Good drainage is a must for sedums (stonecrops) and over watering will impair growth.

Uses: A ground cover in and around Patios, Pathways, Borders, Rock Gardens

(information provided by http://www.stepables.com and picture © 2011 Under A Foot Plant Co.)

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