Name: Echeveris - Mixed Varieties

Echeveria is a large genus of succulents in the Crassulaceae family. They are native from Mexico to northwestern South America. The genus Echeveria is named after the 18th century Spanich botanist Atanasio Echeverria Codoy. Several of these species are outstanding garden plants. A large number offsets heavily and are given the common name of 'Hen and Chicks'.

Most species grow in the shade and can take some frost. Hybrids tend to be less accomodating about their growing conditions. All the species are drought resistant, but they grow better with regular deep watering and fertilizing.

They can be propagated with offsets, leaf cuttings, and if they are not hybrids, by seeds. Offsets is the easier way.

Most species lose their lower leaves in winter. Depending on your level of humidity, these leaves are fertile ground for fungus that can then attack the plant. It is better to remove them regularly. Another consequence is that after a couple of years the plants look untidy. It is better to re-root the main rosette(s) and keep the rest of the plant for propagation.

The Echeveria cactus is a rosette-forming succulent plant with foliage that comes in a variety of shapes and colors. The flowers appear on the top of stalks that grow from between the leaves

The plant does not die after it has bloomed as do plants that have flowers which develop from the center growing point. .

Echeverias need bright light, heavy soil and excellent drainage. When grown in soilless mixes, they grow large and lush and lose their color and character. Many of the plants have a waxy sheen on their leaves. When they are watered over the top, the water collects in drops and spots the leaves when it dries. These spots are especially noticeable when the water is high in minerals. Drench and let dry. Water from below.

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Name: Sedum – Golden

Sedum acre

What an excellent performer! Sedum Acre ground cover plants form a brilliant, intense golden yellow carpet that will rapidly spread and fill in, giving you ground cover over a large area in a very short time. Sedum Acre is so well-known and used that it has many common names: Goldmoss Stonecrop, Goldmoss Sedum, Biting Stonecrop or Wallpepper. It is a perennial plant native to Europe but also naturalized in North America. Sedum grows well in poor soils, sand, rock gardens, and rich dirt, in a variety of light conditions, but prefers mostly sunny conditions. It is such a versatile plant. It is well- suited for use in hanging baskets and container gardens as a trailing accent, as borders and edging in the flower garden, or as a general ground cover.

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Name:Gold Carpet

Sedum acre

'Gold Carpet' is one of the finest ground covers for sunny dry slopes and banks. The Sedum has masses of yellow star- shaped flowers that cover it in late spring and early summer. Rich green scalloped leaves the rest of the year. Grows to 5" tall. Zone 6-9.

Sedum is one of the most popular perennials grown in American gardens because it is very easy to grow and hardy in most areas of the country. Because of its thick, succulent leaves which can store water, sedum is drought tolerant. It should be sited in average to poor soil that is well-drained. Plants grown in rich soil tend to be lanky and open. Most varieties should be grown in full sun to light shade. The lower growing types however will survive in partial shade. Divide sedum every 3-4 years to maintain its compact growth habit. Older plants tend to split in the center if they have not been divided. Pinching the taller varieties back by half in early summer will also help prevent them from splitting. This plant is not usually bothered by pests or diseases. The seed heads of the taller varieties provide excellent winter interest and food for birds. Remove them in spring when the new growth begins to show.

Source: http://wilsonbroslandscape.com/GroundcoverFileSedum.html

Name: Sedum palmeri - dense yellow flowers

Zone 7a to 9b Native to northeastern Mexico Grows to 6"h x 12"w

Mexican hens and chickens! In the northern Sierra Madre Oriental the northeastern slopes are carpeted with waxy blue leaves of Palmer's sedum. What is even more amazing is that this sedum adapts to our less than ideal climate in Texas. Sedum palmeri is a great garden succulent for the South and you don't even need a cliff face in your back yard since any old pot, urn, or rocky spot under a shady tree will work. The bright yellow flowers emerge in late winter and are not bothered by frost.

This species forms bright green rosettes to 15cm across. Offsets freely to form a small shrub to 20cm tall. Starry bright yellow flowers. Sun/part sun.

This gorgeous succulent has pale green leaves in clustered rosettes, edged in rosy pink in the cold. In late winter and early spring they bloom great clusters of bright yellow star flowers that last for several weeks. Very shade tolerant, great in pots or rock gardens. Native to Northern Mexico.

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Name: Sedium rubrontinctum, Jelly Bean

Translucent jelly-bean-shaped leaves colored green and red make this little plant stand out when it’s planted en masse. The foliage is loosely attached, but each piece that falls to the ground will root, rapidly making a colony. Make sure to plant it where it won’t get walked on, full sun and good drainage as always are important and it will happily go crazy. It likes it in the corner of seldom used steps, or inserted into the rockery walls. Best color when it’s in full sun, it goes almost completely green in shade or part shade.

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 10

Sedums are bee and butterfly favorites, and the good news is that deer and rabbits aren’t very interested in them

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Name: Sedium spurium, Red Carpet

Red Carpet has rounded, flattened, red leaves, to 1 inch long, and star-shaped, red flowers, to 3/4 inch wide, held in round corymbs, and borne throughout summer. This is a vigorous, evergreen perennial with a mat-forming growth habit. Sedums are excellent grown in the rock garden, containers between stepping stones or in wall niches.

“Red Carpet” is prized for its red-tinged foliage which keeps its color through the growing season and then turns deep burgundy in fall and winter. Occasionally, deep carmine-red flowers are produced in late summer. This selection spreads a bit slower than most other groundcover type sedums, thus making it a better choice for small gardens.

Low, spreading sedums form a solid mat of foliage which is excellent for covering slopes or can be planted as a groundcover in sunny, dry areas. They are extremely drought tolerant and many are evergreen. These are terrific low maintenance plants that always look their best.

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Name: Blue Pencil & Blue Chalk Succulent

Senecio vitalis

This is a fine textured succulent shrub that is low growing, getting only 18-24 inches tall. Blue Pencil is spreading though and can form a low growing mat 3-5 feet wide. The foliage is succulent and cylindrical, starting light green when young and will later deepen to a blue green color with a chalky cast. Best in full sun to part sun, likes a well drained soil and does not mind being watered often as long as the water drains. Great in mixed containers for the fine textured and blue color.

Senecio mandraliscae Blue Chalk Stick, also called Blue Pickle to 12", This succulent begins growing upright, then trails to a couple of feet. Its leafless stems are a distinct chalky sky blue that is quite unique.

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