How do you take care of a stone crop?
How do you take care of a stone crop?
We recommend that you water your sedums about once a week during the spring through fall. During the winter, cut back on watering your plants. Once every three to four weeks should be sufficient—you only want to water them enough to keep their leaves from drying out and puckering.
How often should I water my stonecrop?
The plants need well-drained soil that is rich in organic amendments. Young plants should be watered every few days while establishing but irrigation can diminish thereafter and no supplemental water is needed in fall and winter.
How do you prune a stone crop?
You can cut the sedum back in winter as soon as the flowers fade or any time after that until you see green peeping from the ground in spring. Cut the entire plant back to ground level using pruning shears or break the stalks at ground level by hand. In the spring, the sedum will re-emerge from the roots.
How much sun does stonecrop?
Most sedums like full or part sun (5 or more hours of direct sun per day). A few stonecrop species such as Sedum ternatum are woodland plants that like to grow on top of rocks in dappled shade.
When can I transplant a stonecrop?
Early spring, after the season’s final frost, is the ideal time to transplant sedum in cooler climates, since they die back during the winter. This makes it difficult to determine the location of the plant before the new growth occurs in the spring.
Should you cut back stonecrop?
Cutting back sedum plants is not strictly necessary unless they are getting wild and out of control. If you require a very tidy appearance, sedum plant pruning can control errant growth and enforce thicker plants in some cases.
How fast does stonecrop spread?
The size and growth rate of a given plant depends on climate, soil type, watering, and fertilization. Slow varieties will stay nice and small in a pot, whereas fast, ground cover varieties like Sedum can spread up to 1″ a month in the growing season.
How big does stonecrop grow?
How to Grow Sedum
| Botanical Name | Sedum |
|---|---|
| Common Names | Sedum, stonecrop, showy stonecrop, border stonecrop |
| Plant Type | Perennial, annual |
| Mature Size | 6–24 in. tall, 12–24 in. wide |
| Sun Exposure | Full, partial |
What can I plant with stonecrop?
Companion Plants for Sedum
- Asters and Chrysanthemums. Asters and chrysanthemums are hardy perennials that bloom in the fall.
- Blue Fescue. The spiky, blue-gray foliage of blue fescue contrasts nicely with Autumn Joy’s soft green stems and leaves.
- Dianthus.
- Hostas.
- Purple Coneflower.
