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Hello Janis,
The common name for this sedum around
here is "Salt & Pepper" due to the pristine white petals of the flowers and
the black stamens in the center of each flower. Certainly is pretty close-up.
Will grow almost anywhere. I have mine in three different locations in my
garden. One is where I spread a thing layer of gritty soil over some rocks on
the cliff edge and laid a small start. Another is along a path at the top of a
step in some rocks lining the edge of the path.
For those of you with dry shade... this
one does not care.... just place it between some stones to raise it a bit and
help show it off.... sedum ternatum will take over the job from there. One of
our finer natives.
----- Original Message -----
From:
L*@aol.com
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:35
AM
Subject: Re: Sedum book
Karen,
I don't know
of a book on Sedum, but I might be able to help with your shade
problem.
Sedum ternatum (Three-leaved Stonecrop) is a wonderful native that
actually prefers shade. This charming plant is only a couple of inches
tall,
with tiny leaves and white flowers in May. It makes a great
evergreen ground
cover. It is not invasive, but is easy to propagate
because whirls of
foliage pinched off and simply laid on the ground will
grow into new plants.
It is native to most of the Eastern US,
including Ohio, and I think it is one
of the very best natives for home
landscapes. It is definitely one of those
plants that more people
should be growing.
You can see a photo and geographical
distribution at the Plants National
Database:
http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgihttp://plants.usda.gov/plants/
cgi_bin/topics.cgi
It is available for purchase online at
Missouri Wildflowers Nursery:
http://www.mowildflowers.net/
You can see another photo at:
http://www.mowildflowers.net/18.html
And perennial lister
Gene Bush sells it on his website:
http://www.munchkinnursery.com/
Here is a link to Gene's picture:
http://www.munchkinnursery.com/catalog/browse?3fnpINQt;r-s;34
--Janis
In a message dated 6/21/01 11:02:28 PM Central
Daylight Time,
perennials-owner@mallorn.com writes:
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:04:13 -0400
From: Karen Butner
<abtrlife@earthlink.net>
Does anyone know of a good book
on Sedum. One of our local greenhouses
has several different varieties,
mostly the low growing types, and I
went crazy and bought about six
different ones. This is in addition to
the five kinds I have already. I
have come to fall in love with sedums
and would like to learn more about
them. Too bad I don't have a larger
"sun" garden (most of my yard/garden
is in shade). I would like the book
to at least have an encyclopedic
type section with pictures and info
such as size at maturity. Some of
the ones I bought have no tags!
TIA
Karen
z5a, north central
OH
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