5 reasons to love sedums
Design-wise, they tick all the boxes, offering options in form, texture and colour from over 400 versatile species:
they can be prostrate, creeping, pendulous, upright, arching or draping;
textures range from fine and needle-like in the carpeting varieties, through to thick, dense, and bold in the upright forms;
there is a wide colour selection, in flowers and foliage, with dramatic purples, blues, silver to gray-greens, golds, and variegated options;
they look great in containers or pots, thriving on neglect – skive off on a summer holiday, without organising a waterer, and they will be the only plants still standing when you come back;
sedums are very easy to propagate: cut off or pull up a piece of stem and lay on top of potting mix or insert a short depth into soil. Once established, they will need very little water to thrive.