Sedum - Stonecrop
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Flower Color |
Height |
Season |
Pests |
Uses |
Propagation |
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yellow, pink, red, white, lilac |
3"- 24" |
summer, fall |
few |
edging, ground cover, border, dried |
stem cuttings, division, seed |
Performance - Sedums are excellent and underused garden perennials
for full sun flower gardens in
Ground cover types - This is a varied group of plants grown mostly for the effect of the foliage. The texture and color are varied, and some do produce blooms. The foliage may burn back in a cold winter.
Sedum acre - Goldmoss Stonecrop - This mat forming sedum flowers
in late spring with yellow flowers.
Sedum kamtschaticum - Kamtschatka Stonecrop – This plant is
taller than S. acre and best for trailing in a rock garden.
Sedum spurium - Two Row Stonecrop - These plants perform best in
spring and fall, but flower during the summer.
'Album', 'Atropurpureum', 'Coccineum', 'Dragon's Blood' - foliage is purplish
bronze, flowers are dark red, 'Ruby Mantle', 'Variegatum', ‘Vera
Jameson’.
Upright forms -
x 'Autumn Joy' - Autumn Joy Sedum - The foliage is succulent in texture
and the plants are uniform and mounded in habit. They produce pink to red
blooms in late summer. This is an outstanding perennial for
'Atropurpureum' – This is the best purple form with dark bronze leaves
and rose-red flowers.
x 'Frosty Morn' -
Sedum spectabile - Showy
Sedum – ‘Brilliant’, ‘Stardust’.
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‘Autumn Joy’ |
‘Brilliant’ |
‘Stardust’ |
‘Vera Jameson’ |
Sempervivum tectorum - Hen and Chicks, Common Houseleek, Old Man and Woman
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Flower Color |
Height |
Season |
Pests |
Uses |
Propagation |
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purple red |
3"- 8" |
summer |
few |
edging, container |
cuttings |
Performance - Hen and chicks are a traditional and reliable perennial
for
Comments - Hen and chicks have been popular for many years because they are so easy to propagate, just break off a piece and plant it in the new location.
Varieties - 'Atropurpureum', 'Limelight', 'Pacific Hawk',
'Silverine'. Other Sempervivum species can also be grown in
Senecio cineraria - Dusty Miller
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Flower Color |
Height |
Season |
Pests |
Uses |
Propagation |
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yellow or cream |
10" - 24" |
spring |
root and stem rot |
edging, foliage plant, container |
seed, cuttings |
Performance - Dusty Miller is a common and reliable annual, sometimes
perennial, for
Comments - Some varieties will keep their silvery foliage right through the winter, followed by flowers in the spring. They usually die during the following summer. These plants are grown primarily for their dusty gray foliage. Remove flowers to promote more foliage.
Varieties - 'Silver Cloud', 'Silver Dust', 'Silver Lace'
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Setcreasea pallida ‘Purple Heart’ - Purple Heart
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Flower Color |
Height |
Season |
Pests |
Uses |
Propagation |
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lavender |
8" - 15" |
summer |
few |
edging, foliage plant, container |
cuttings |
Performance - Purple Heart is a tropical plant, related to Wandering
Jew, which performs well as an annual in
Comments - Purple Heart is easy to propagate from cuttings, even in a glass of water on the windowsill. Purple Heart may also be called Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’.
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Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ |
Solidago - Goldenrod
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Flower Color |
Height |
Season |
Pests |
Uses |
Propagation |
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yellow, gold |
24"- 60" |
spring and late summer |
rust |
border, natural gardens |
seed, cuttings |
Performance - Goldenrod is a reliable perennial flower for
Comments - Unfortunately many Kentuckians believe goldenrod is the source of fall hay fever allergies, but it is not (ragweed is the culprit).
Varieties - 'Baby Gold', 'Crown of Rays', 'Goldenmosa', 'Fireworks', 'Peter Pan'.
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Stachys byzantina - Lamb's Ears, Wooly Betony
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Flower Color |
Height |
Season |
Pests |
Uses |
Propagation |
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purple |
1-2 ft. |
late spring |
crown rot |
edging, ground cover |
division |
Performance - Lamb's ears is a reliable, easy-to-grow perennial for
Comments - The plants are generally grown for the effect of the foliage. The bloom spikes are showy but short-lived. They should be removed after bloom or before to maintain the vigor of the plants. The plants will self-sow in some years.
Varieties - 'Big Ears', 'Cotton Boll', 'Primrose Heron', 'Silver Carpet' does not produce flowers. This plant is sometimes called Stachys lanata.
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‘Purple Parasols’ |
Stokesia laevis - Stokes' Aster
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Flower Color |
Height |
Season |
Pests |
Uses |
Propagation |
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blue, white |
12" - 20" |
early summer |
few |
edging, border |
seed, division |
Performance - Stokes' Aster is a relatively new but reliable
perennial flower for
Comments - An excellent plant for
Varieties - 'Alba', 'Blue Moon', 'Klaus Jellito', 'Mary Gregory', 'Omega Skyrocket', 'Purple Parasols' (developed in Kentucky), 'Silver Moon'.
Sutera cordata - Bacopa
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Flower Color |
Height |
Season |
Pests |
Uses |
Propagation |
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white, lavender, rose |
3"- 6" |
summer |
few |
ground cover, edging, container |
cuttings |
Performance - Bacopa is a relatively new plant that is commonly grown in
hanging baskets as an annual. The plants grow best in full sun and well drained
soils. Plants perform well in baskets and containers; landscape performance was
only mediocre in our trials in the summer of 2000.
Comments - The plants flower continuously as long as they are well watered in the containers. The white flowering varieties are the most vigorous and showy. Be sure to keep them well fertilized throughout the summer.
Varieties - 'African Sunset', 'Giant Snowflake', 'Lavender Storm', 'Snowstorm'.
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Bacopa ‘Snowstorm’ |
Bacopa cultivars at Proven Winners |
