Carpet Sedum Ground Cover Stones

Needs good soil drainage to perform well.

Carpet sedum ground cover stones.

This is an evergreen plant that typically rises only 3 6 tall but spreads to 18 24 wide by creeping branching stems that easily root at the nodes. But there are also several varieties of low growing sedum that are very good as ground covers in hot dry areas of a landscape where turfgrass and other plants struggle to survive. Like stonecrop it is sensitive to overwatering and may contract a fungal disease if it receives too much. Many gardeners are familiar with upright varieties of sedum such as sedum autumn joy as excellent plants for late season color in the dry hot days of late summer and early autumn.

Dainty pink flower stalks occasionally rise above the foliage. The key to ground cover success is to give plants enough loose nutrient rich soil between the stones preferably at least 6 inches deep for roots to grow and with gaps at least 2 inches wide. Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area. Easily grown in average dry to medium moisture well drained soils.

If you decide to plant from flats an economical choice i recommend using scissors to cut apart 2 to 3 inch wide chunks that contain several plants and. We supply pre grown sedum mats. Apart closer for faster coverage. Sedums are drought tolerant and therefore only require watering in long spells of dry weather.

One plant grows from three to six inches and spreads up to 24 inches across. Shop bluestone perennials for stonecrop groundcover today. Our sedum carpet is lightweight low maintenance and offer an instant colourful green roof. For pricing and availability.

Grow red carpet in sandy dry soil with low moisture. Tolerates some light shade. Evergreen in mild winter regions. Make them the talk of your garden.

1 quart aztec grass in pot l8297 item 293841. This beautiful trailing succulent forms a lush ground hugging mat of bronze red foliage yet needs little water once established. Red carpet sedum is one of the full sun ground cover plants but it tolerates partial shade as well. Red carpet stonecrop sedum spurium red carpet is a creeping red sedum and.

Useful in borders rock gardens and containers providing contrast to green or gray leaved plants. As a groundcover space plants 2 ft. Sedum plants sedum spp include many creeping varieties that provide low maintenance ground cover in dry poor quality soil where few other plants survive. Check out the distinctive foliage on sedum plants.

For pricing and availability. 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 it is native to the caucusus.