Red Carpet Sedume
A lovely vigorous ground cover of green foliage that blushes deep rose in the summer.
Red carpet sedume. The sedum elizabeth sedum spurium also known as sedum red carpet is a short ground cover that is a little different from the rest. Excellent as a perennial border in rock gardens or as a groundcover or container plant. Plant red carpet sedum where the plant is exposed to full or partial sunlight. The emerging foliage is burgundy in spring retains a reddish edge in summer turns a delicious deep red in fall.
Sedum red carpet does not flower but the foliage is so colorful you won t notice. It is native to the caucusus. Low maintenance plant great for rock gardens. Four to 6 inches high with 1 to.
Unlike some sedum cultivars red carpet may be grown from seed. The foliage is a dark red with green and produces a wonderful fall color. Sedum spurium commonly called caucasian stonecrop or two row stonecrop is a low growing sprawling mat forming sedum or stonecrop that is commonly grown as a ground cover. This forgiving colorful spreader can transform large areas of poor soil into lush swathes of color.
Foliage will turn a more vibrant mahogany red with cooler fall temperatures. Sedum spurium now phedimus spurius red carpet. Sedum red carpet common name stonecrop red leaves all year. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 8.
Propagate by seed and cuttings although division seems to be the easiest for most. Sedum spurium red carpet growing and maintenance tips prefers average to dry well drained soil in full sun. Groundcover sedums will sweetly embellish a rock wall as they will grow with almost no soil within. It produces masses of tiny pink blooms each summer and looks attractive when planted in large drifts.
Although sedum prefers poor soil adequate drainage is critical as the plant dies in wet muddy conditions. Red leaved creeping sedum cultivars red carpet and dragon s blood handle climates across u s. Sedum elizabeth needs to be planted in full sun in well drained soil. Elizabeth has red blooms that flower from may to september.