Sedum kamtschaticum*
Sedum kamtschaticum*
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*renamed Phedimus kamtschaticus
Orange stonecrop is a low-growing, clump-forming succulent ground cover with bright, semi-evergreen, scalloped leaves. Clusters of starry, yellow flowers appear in spring and slowly age to bronze. Autumn red foliage color is very attractive.
Easy to grow in full sun in well-drained soil. A perfect candidate for living roofs, stone walls, containers and troughs. Deer, rabbit, and drought resistant.
Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society
Zones: 4 to 9
Family: Crassulaceae
Type: Perennial
Height: 6 to 8 in.
Spread: 10 to 12 in.
Exposure: full sun to part-shade
Soil Conditions: dry, average
Bloom Time: August to September
Bloom Color: orange-yellow
Native Range: northern China and along the Pacific coast of Siberia including the Kamchatka Peninsula
Image Credits:
- Image 1 (blooms) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Image 2 (foliage) Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons