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Sedum for Borders

Sedum spectabile, Sedum telephium and Other Tall Stonecrop

The best Sedum for borders are the taller types such as Sedum spectabile and Sedum telephium varieties.

They add height and structure to mixed plantings of other xeric plants and have been enthusiastically promoted by landscape designers for planting with grasses.

Many border types are grown for the dark purple hue of foliage, or the pink of the long-lasting blooms.

The flower heads on the tough and adaptable plants age to a dark mahogany brown adding interest to the winter garden - another excellent reason to leave the stems until the spring.

All these Sedum varieties grow best in sandy well drained soil, and survive just fine with minimal watering once established.

Sedum of all kinds are great plants for bees and other beneficial insects which visit regularly all summer to get the nectar in these great landing pad flowers.

Find out about using these great flowers in your butterfly garden to attract even more of these beautiful insects.

As well as being a major magnet for insects, border Sedum have a reputation for being iron tough in the xeric garden, and it's well deserved.

Their succulent leaves form a backdrop for other plants, with the ability to shrug off challenging weather, poor soil and drought conditions. Sedum with wild bumblebees If hail or other damage occurs, prune the stems right back to the ground and voila! Fresh new growth emerges better than ever. Sandy, well drained conditions are best, with the addition of a small amount of organic matter such as compost or worm castings for a bit of nutrition.

Water your newly planted Sedum until established, otherwise, nature will take care of it for you.


Canadian gardeners: Buy your Border Sedum plants at the Garden Shop!


Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant' - soft blue green rounded leaves and deep rose red blooms, which make a friendlier colour combination with any blue to pink flowers.

Due to limited supply these are only available in 4" pots with no minimum quantity requirement. Picture coming soon!


Sedum Autumn Joy

Sedum telephium x 'Autumn Joy' is probably the most well known of all the larger type Sedum as it's been promoted extensively by natural garden designers.

The pale celadon green foliage, combined with salmon pink flowers that look like broccoli heads is a great contrast and as the flower heads age into a rusty red colour, they can provide some contrast and colour into the deep snows of winter.

Cut the plants back to the crown in early spring to give the brand new shoots some room to grow. Leaving the old growth on the plants provides shelter for insect cocoons, and snow capture for slow release during spring melts.


Sedum 'Purple Emperor'

Sedum 'Purple Emperor' has pretty plum coloured foliage, with somewhat disappointing flowers lasting only a few months, not over the entire winter as 'Autumn Joy'.

It makes a great foil in combination with low growing Sedum, ornamental grasses and xeric plants.


Sedum hybrids - a selection of seedlings most likely hybrids of 'Purple Emperor' and 'Matrona', some of which have superb dark red glossy foliage, red stems or olive foliage.

These are still being evaluated, but show great promise. 'Olive' and 'Twilight' are two outstanding new varieties, available soon in small quantities.


Sedum Matrona in drought

Sedum 'Matrona' - a large scale Sedum with sage green foliage and pale pink blooms. Everything about this plant is big textured, but contrasts well with many perennials as well as other Sedum in mixed borders.

Interesting colour changes occur as Sedum Matrona battles extreme drought conditions, but these are tough plants and recover as soon as the fall rains start to fall.


Sedum 'Vera Jameson'

Sedum 'Vera Jameson' - a shorter statured plant with purple grey foliage and exceptional pink blooms. The leaves are distinctively air-brushed with darker purple mid-lines.

You might be interested in these Sedum lists too:

Sedum for Containers

Sedum for Groundcovers

Green Roof Sedum


Canadian gardeners: Buy your Sedum for Borders plants at the Garden Shop!


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Dark Succulent, small dark red bloom  I have had this plant for 8 years. In the past it has been short because of the deer eating it. This year we have had few deer and it has bloomed. I ...

Succulent Unknown  This succulent grows about 12 inches long with leaves about 4 inch by 2 inch.

The plant is green and gets a small pink cluster flower at the top. Grows ...

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succulent, 12" tall, softball size pink blooms, Monarchs love  GROWS ABOUT 12" TALL, Light green leaves, pink cluster tiny flowers, blooms last a long time, Monarchs love them.


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Taller Stonecrop Varieties

As backbone plants for many xeric gardens, these taller varieties and species of Sedum are perfect for adding structure and dimension. Their rounded forms and upright stems make great backdrops for other softer textured plants in drifts.

Here are some of my favorite Sedum for Borders:

Sedum Autumn Joy

Sedum Brilliant

Sedum Matrona

Sedum Purple Emperor

Sedum ussuriense Turkish Delight

Sedum Vera Jameson

Sedum Twilight

Sedum Olive

Sedum Red Leather

Looking for smaller varieties and species? Go to the main Sedum page.

Xeriscaping and xeric gardens are made for these tough and resilient plants, along with many other xeric plants. Combined in borders, containers and rock retaining walls, the flexibility and textures of these valuable plants are infinite.

Sedum for Borders plugs are available for sale online at the Garden Shop


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