Local info,: evergreen in Victoria common to see around Pests and disease: none significant slugs sometimes eat Medicinal: yes, traditional medicinal use in many different practices Landscape: edging, perennial boarder, cottage, woodland margin, cottage, filler, under-planting, groundcover,Ĭompanion planting: can compliment many different plants and settings ideas: Ferns, Salvia nemorosa, Huechera ‘Frosted Violet’, Hosta ‘Robert Frost’, Carex elata ‘Bowles Golden’, Tradescantia ‘Red Cloud’, Iris sibirica, Platycodon grandiflorus
Propagate: division, seed (if let, will seed itself about and can be a bit of a pest in this way) Maintain: shear back before seed sets (may get a second flush in late spring) cut back in fall if looking ratty (basal growth remains evergreen) when gets a ring (of growth from old age) time to divide it (remove center and divide or just remove it and use seedlings instead) Leaf: soft, basal, palmately lobed, orbicular, pale green to a yellowy-green in fall, hairy, scalloped/finely toothed edgesįlower: racemes a cloud of chartreuse (bright yellow green) Light: full sun to part shade (full shade but won’t flower) Native habitat: Europe, Carpathians Caucas Sedum rupestre (the straight species) – green-grey leaves
Identification (key features): Leaves bright goldish green, pointy, round in cross-section, alternate, succulent texture to leaf and stem flowers yellow Nature: cascading/mat-forming golden succulent Opiogopogon), nice in a mass with itself or with other succulents (eg, hens and chicks), Mediterranean plants or grasses (eg Stipa spp.) Landscape: ground cover, rock garden, green roof, cottage, boarder, container, fall/winter interest, draped down a rock wall or over an edge, Mediterranean gardenĬompanion planting: accent to dark folliage plants (eg. Propagate: easily propagated from the tiniest piece, cutting, root cutting, division (spring) Maintain: low maintenance, prune to maintain size and shape, heading or layering cut after flower Leaf: succulent, gold-yellow to yellow-green, 1.2″-3/4″, alternate, turns red-orange in cold weatherįlower: 2.5″ upright umbel-like cyme, 1/2″ star-shaped, yellow, pendant buds, sterile, not very showy Moisture: well drained is essential, dry to average moisture drought tolerant Soil: moderately fertile, neutral to slightly alkaline, sandy to rocky Interesting facts: Long ago was planted on the roofs of houses in EuropeĬomments: grown for its attractive and unusual foliage Identification (key features): Leaves in rosettes, succulent flower stalks rise up over the foliage Nature: rosette forming succulent (hen) that creates off-shoots (chicks) Pests and disease: vine weevil, rust, root/stem/leaf rot Landscape: ground cover, rock garden, green roof, container, boarder, edging, patio, Mediterranean garden Propagate: easily propagated from the tiniest piece, leaf cutting, division Maintain: low maintenance, remove rosette after flowers and begins to die back, avoid over-watering Plant: grows easily and vigorously spreads by offsets via runners
Other: long-lived each individual rosette will die after flowering spreads by offsets via runners forming colonies Leaf: succulent texture, blue-green with reddish-purple, simple, whorled, obovate, entireįlower: head rises on mother up to 20 cm, cyme purple-pink-pale yellow Shape/stem: mat-forming, clusters of fleshy rosettes Light: full sun (will tolerate a bit of shade) love morning sunĮxposure: protect from excessive winter wet Moisture: well drained is essential, dry to average moisture Soil: moderately fertile, sand to loam, tolerates poor soils “Hens and Chicks” “Common Houseleek” “Welcome-home-husband-however-drunk-you-may-be”
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