Re: perennials -Sedums

Well, my large sedums - 'Autumn Joy' et al, have always flopped once
they start to flower; been growing some clumps for well over 20 years
and just always figured that even what passes for sun here wasn't
enough to keep them standing tall.  Also had heard years ago that you
need to dig them up every couple of years and reset or divide to help
prevent this.  I have done this and it helps a bit, but doesn't stop
mine from opening in the center and spreading out...so I just put it
down to too much shade and live with it.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Gene Bush <genebush@otherside.com>
> 
> Hello Paul, Deb and Walter.....
>     I, too, would like to find out why my Matrona is a flopper.
Certainly
> not room for the physical act itself, or the appearance where it is
located.
>     I am pretty sure I have Matrona. It is actually not quite as
dark as I
> had envisioned when I purchased it. I have three plants that were
purchased
> in mum pots about (  can't really remember for sure...) 4 or 5
years ago.
> There is a bend in a path with a stone sculpture and large
limestone rocks
> set back and the sedums fill the nook between the path and the
sculpture.
> The soil was trucked in and all sits up on a small mound above the
rest of
> the garden. So... well drained and average fertility. I never
fertilize my
> sedums... or much else around here, except in the nursery pots.
>     They are located on the west side of the garden. Across the
path from
> the sedums is a hybrid horse chestnut tree that forms open shade in
the
> afternoons. Rest of the day the sedums are in bright light. I am on
the
> north side of a hill. Exposure is then bright light, afternoon open
shade.
>     Could it simply be that mine are getting some age on them, the
center
> getting woody?? They did not flop the first two or three years I
had them.
> Anyone with long term experience??
>     JoAn has quite a few tall sedums in her raised garden beds, but
not
> Matronia... so no comparisons.
>     What I have here is a puzzlement.
>     Gene E. Bush
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
> www.munchkinnursery.com
> genebush@munchkinnursery.com
> Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

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