Scientific Name: Sedum spurium
Common Name: two-row stonecrop, Caucasian stonecrop
Family Name: Crassulaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Semi-evergreen, Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Alpine, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Green roof technology, Ground cover, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Glabrous, Obovate, Crenate, Dentate, Serrate
Flowers: Cyme, White, Purple, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Succulent groundcover; leaves usually sessile, obovate, with rounded 11-toothed (crenate) margins, turning bronze to red in winter; flowers corymb-like in late summer. Flower (white, pink, or red) and leaf (white to green to dark red) colour may vary depending on cv.