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Sedum
Name: Common name,
stonecrop
Description: Sedum are succulent-leaved
plants with large flat flowerheads. Their leaves often have a bluey-grey tint
to them, and are attractively fleshy, the flowerheads are shaped like umbrellas.
Each flower has a papery case around it, giving an interesting texture to the
flowerhead.
Origin: Native to Asia, they have
been cultivated in the UK since 1596, originally for their healing properties
rather than their ornamental value.
Colour:
Shades of pinky-brown, with light green stems; and there is a rarer purply-brown
form with brown stems.
Availability: June to
October
Varieties: The variety shown here is
Sedum spectabile which means "worth seeing". Gardeners may be
familiar with relatives of this plant, Sedum flowers naturally towards the end
of the year, providing a month's worth of welcome colour in grey autumn months.
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