Scientific name: Hylotelephium ‘Herbstsfreude’
Synonym: Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’ , Hylotelephium spectabile ‘Indian Chief’ , Sedum (Herbstfreude Group) ‘Herbstfreude’ , Sedum spectabile ‘Herbstfreude’ , Sedum spectabile ‘Indian Chief’ , Sedum Autumn Joy , Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ , Sedum ‘Indian Chief’
Family: CRASSULACEAE
Common names: “Stonecrop”
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Conditions:
Zone: 3-9
Light: Full sun best – light shade
Exposure: Sheltered
Soil: Any neutral – alkaline, better in poorer soils otherwise it will grow too fast and flop
Moisture: Well drained dry – drought
Aesthetic:
Plant Size: 1-2′ H & W
Leaf and Stem shape: Fleshy, oblong, glaucous green leaves
Flower: Large flat terminal clusters of starry flowers in early autumn. The flowers open from greenish-pink buds, rapidly progressing through pale pink to become deep pink and ultimately take on a brownish hue
Maintenance: Low – zero, can leave the brown flowers for a winter interest and cut them out in spring, or cut them in fall when the bees leave them, also if growing in too fertile soil and they become floppy, cut them to 4-8″ in June – stems will break new smaller shorter flowers which will stay upright
Landscape use: Flower borders, cottage and informal gardens, wildlife garden, container, cut flowers
Propagate: By division and cuttings
Pests & Disease: Deer! can get botrytis root rot in too wet conditions
*Attracts bees and beneficial insects
Comments: ~AGM winner, both the straight species and the cultivar, classic border plant
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