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sedums,
echeverias
ice plants
sedums,echeverias
and ice plants
In this region, these smaller, fleshy-leafed groups of
succulents are best used in the perennial garden or between
stepping-stones as fillers. The larger types can be bushy;
smaller types are spreading ground-huggers. The varieties
are endless — flowers, leaf size and leaf colors vary greatly.
There is one of these for every taste.
Charlotte Glen, North Carolina Horticulture Extension
Agent, likes low-growing sedums. “I like Sedum ‘Angelina,’
Sedum ‘Coral Reef,’ and Sedum ‘Weihenstephaner Gold,’ ” she
says. “I was first introduced to these a few years ago as part
of a green roof project.”
Echeverias are a group of succulents that includes the
beloved hens and chickens, or hens and chicks. Also small,
they are great for growing in pots and very hardy, off-shoot-ing
much like strawberries and easy to propagate. Hens and
chickens are a great plant to use when trying to engage
children in gardening. Again, varieties abound.
Ice plants are fleshy, groundcover succulents. They don’t
do quite as well in humid climates, though they do love
sandy soil. A good stand of ice plant is a thing of beauty.
The most common type, Delosperma cooperi, displays hot
pink flowers all summer long. Very showy!
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Sedums are great plants
for easy care in mixed
containers, both indoors
and outdoors.