Stonecrop Ground Cover

Stonecrop ground cover plants need regular watering while they establish.

Stonecrop ground cover.

When the weather is dry newly planted stonecrop needs up to 1 inch of water per week applied with a garden hose fitted with a soft spray attachment. Shop bluestone perennials for stonecrop groundcover today. Sedum stonecrop is an easy to grow group of succulents that look great in the summer and autumn garden. Red carpet is an evergreen ground cover that grows 3 4 tall spreads to 18 24 wide.

Make them the talk of your garden. 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. Because of its chartreuse or golden color it looks especially good when combined with plants that have dark foliage. Check out the distinctive foliage on sedum plants.

Leaves are attractive throughout the growing season. Sunshine and good drainage are key to this plant s success. Sedum spurium red carpet common name caucasian stonecrop. 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.

Angelina stonecrop is a fast growing ground cover that stays short around 6 inches tall and quickly spreads to form a mat.