The sedum is prominent during flowering. A wonderful decoration of flower beds - stonecrop

Growing such a miracle is not difficult at all and is quite within the power of most of our readers, flower lovers. If you are interested in stonecrop, you are welcome to our further story.

A bit of etymology

The name "sedum" seems to go back to the word "purification", which indicates its medicinal ability in cleansing the body. And in fact, the plant has a huge variety of healing properties.

In the literature and in the articles of the World Wide Web, there is also a similar name for the plant - "sedum", which appeared in some modern classifications that appeared at the beginning of our century.

The Latin form of the name - sedum - also has a healing origin and is derived from the verb "pacify", meaning, first of all, the ability to satisfy various types of pain.

Reference! Some botanists associate the name sedium with the Latin "sedo", literally meaning "I sit", alluding to the plant's ability to cling to the smallest cracks in rocky ground, and sometimes in rocky crevices.

Plant biology

Sedum prominent - a species of plants belonging to the genus Sedum from the Tolstyankov family. It is a pronounced succulent plant that can easily tolerate fluctuations in soil and air moisture.

Our help! Succulents are plants that can accumulate a large supply of moisture in various parts, most often leaves and stems. This property allows him not only to easily endure the dryness of the desert, but also to remain alive for a long time after cutting. Typical succulents are sedum plants, cacti and aloe.

Sedum occurs prominent from East Asia, most often Northeast China is indicated as its homeland. Stonecrop is also widespread in Japan and on the Korean Peninsula.

Sedum prominent is a perennial herb 30-65 centimeters high with an erect fleshy stem. This distinguishes the species from other sedums, in particular common ground cover sedum like hare cabbage.

The inflorescences of the plant consist of large umbrellas, 15-20 centimeters in diameter, with small flowers and are painted in a variety of colors: from white to dark pink, almost purple. Stonecrop grows most often in the form of small compact bushes, which is successfully used by flower growers in creating flower arrangements.

Attention! Sedum can be cultivated as a houseplant!

Medicinal properties

The beauty and decorativeness of stonecrop is not the only purpose of its cultivation in garden plots. Some growers successfully use parts of the plant for medicinal purposes, because they contain:

• various alkaloids;
• tannins;
• glycosides;
• ascorbic acid;
• organic acids;
• wax;
• mucus;
• flavonoids;
• saponins;
• coumarins.

Thanks to such a rich composition, stonecrop is used as a variety of drugs:

• tonic;
• anti-inflammatory;
• antineoplastic;
• diuretics;
• regenerating;
• pain relievers;
• stimulants;
• hemostatic;
• healing wounds;
• laxatives.

The largest amount of nutrients in the plant accumulates in the fall during the flowering of stonecrop. For the preparation of medicines, all the terrestrial parts of the sedum are used.

Varieties

Sedum varieties are diverse, combining plants with different characteristics: height, color and size of buds, you can get a magnificent panel of autumn colors in your garden.

Iceberg

The beautiful white flowers of the Iceberg are collected in inflorescences up to 15 centimeters in diameter and, against the background of autumn nature, somewhat resemble pieces of scattered ice, hence the name of the variety .. The plants reach a height of 35 centimeters. Flowering begins in late August - early September.

Frosty Morn

This variety has decorative not only flowers, but also white-green leaves. The plant is low at 35 centimeters, the diameter of the inflorescence with pale pink buds is 10-15 centimeters. Sedum Frosty Morn blooms in early September.

Stardust

This snow-white variety has beautiful, even green leaves, and the buds are so small that they resemble star-shaped snowflakes. The variety blooms in September.

Matron

The Matrona variety is rightfully considered one of the highest sedums. Its reddish stems raise the inflorescences to a height of 65 centimeters. The pink-red flowers are collected in loose clusters up to 20-25 centimeters in diameter.

Matrona is a very decorative variety, especially when planted next to white-green sedums or under snow. The beginning of flowering is the month of August.

Diamond

One of the oldest, bred in the distant 1913, stonecrop prominent Brilliant became the basis for the creation of many other varieties of sedum. The flower grows in a separate low bush up to forty-five centimeters high.

The cap of the inflorescence, which blooms in late August and early September, reaches 25 centimeters in size. The buds are painted in a pink-carmine shade, and in the center the color is denser and richer.

Diamond Edge

The light pink color of the buds of this stonecrop is in perfect harmony with the reddish border of brown leaves and red stems. Bushes reach a height of 50 centimeters, flowering begins in early autumn and continues until frost.

Purple Emperor

In this sedum, redness is prominent in the foreground: pink buds, dark red stems and brown leaves look especially good among varieties with white caps or against a background of freshly fallen snow or drizzle.

The plant reaches half a meter in height, and the stems form a compact bush, reaching eighty centimeters in diameter. The variety begins to bloom in mid-August.

Xenox

The most "red" of stonecrops can be called the Xenox variety. The plant has the entire aerial part in purple-violet shades: flowers, stems, and leaves. The bushes themselves are very compact, rarely reaching thirty-five centimeters in height.

Neon

Tall, up to sixty centimeters, a bush near the sedum Neon variety. The gray-green decorative summer foliage changes to red-bronze in the fall. The plant blooms in August and by the end of October pleases the eye with the lilac-pink color of its small buds, collected in false umbrellas.

Autumn fire

The name of this variety is translated as "Autumn Fire". The stems are half a meter high green, as are the leaves with a grayish tint. Flowers are collected in pink-copper umbrellas.

Carmen

Light pink buds, green leaves with a red streak and burgundy stems - everything in this variety of sedum is visible beautifully. The plant forms a dense bush fifty centimeters high and thirty centimeters in diameter. Duration of flowering of the variety is one and a half months: from mid-August to early October.

Agrotechnics

Having admired enough and choosing varieties of stonecrops, we proceed to comprehend agricultural techniques designed to ensure that such beauty is obtained on our plots. We will start the story of planting stonecrop and caring for it from the basics - from reproduction.

Reproduction

The sedum plant reproduces well both by the seed method and vegetatively. The seed method is supported by the fact that the seeds that have time to ripen during the warm autumn give stable growth.

Therefore, gardeners who do not have the opportunity to obtain seedlings in a vegetative way successfully propagate sedums with seeds, because they are now easy to purchase both in regular stores and on Internet sites.

Sowing is carried out to a depth of one centimeter with an interval of 4-5.

Attention! In order to speed up the growing season of the plant, sedums can be grown through seedlings or in the form of a house plant. When the threat of frost has passed, the plants are transferred to the open ground of the site.

Plants are planted in a permanent place when they are at least five centimeters high. The distances between them are maintained according to the varietal characteristics of stonecrop.

Stonecrop is propagated vegetatively in several ways:

• cuttings;
• pieces of roots;
• dividing the bush;
• stems from cut bouquets.

Accommodation

Sedum should be planted in sunny, dry places, keeping in mind its natural origin. Excessive moisture and shade have a negative effect on the plant. Therefore, sedums are so often placed in mixborders and alpine slides.

Since sedum grows in small bushes, it is an excellent soloist among cover plants, and at the same time itself can form a continuous carpet. You can think over the layout of sedums in a garden or flower bed yourself or use one of the ready-made solutions on the Internet.

The soil for sedum should not be too dense. if your site is dominated by clay, you should loosen it with sand, peat or modern materials such as perlite or vermiculite.

Care

Stonecrop need watering only in the first days after planting it in a permanent place. In the future, its ability to accumulate moisture will itself regulate its moisture needs.

As for fertilization, it is very easy to overfeed sedums, especially he eats nitrogen mineral water greedily. Therefore, the best solution would be to mulch the plantings with organic matter, the nutrients in the mown grass or fallen leaves will be sufficient to feed the stonecrop.

The sedum plant does not like the neighborhood with wild plants, so one of the measures for caring for sedums will be weed control. If this is not done, then the bushes will grow worse, and especially bloom.

After four to five years, sedum must be transplanted to another place, while you can propagate it by carefully dividing the bush into several parts.

Attention! Small divisions of the bush take root much better than large ones!

The decorative effect of the bushes is given by rejuvenating pruning. At the same time, old, damaged and too long stems are removed.

Name

Sedum prominent or Sedum spectabile is the most common name that this species has... But besides him, there is another name - Ochitnik prominent or Hylotelephium spectabile.

The difference between these names is explained by the fact that earlier in the botanical classification of plants there was only a genus of sedum or sedum, to which more than 600 species of this plant were attributed. Then botanists and scientists identified a separate genus of sedum plants (telephions or telephionions), which is now a subgenus of the sedum genus, into which the sedum spectabile then fell, and which at the moment has the current name - Hylotelephium spectabile.

Important: It is correct to call this species not “sedum prominent”, but “prominent sedum”.

Botanical characteristics, birthplace, prevalence and appearance

Sedum prominent belongs to perennials - succulents of the huge family of bastards... It is classified as a herbaceous plant. Natural habitats - Japan, Korea, northeastern China. Also grows in Africa and South America. The species is widespread in the Caucasus, Siberia, and the Far East.

Prefers stony soils, rocky areas, found in meadows. Prominent ochiner belongs to the group of tall bush varieties. The bush grows vertically, reaching a height of 40 - 60 cm. The root system is tuberous, dense.

Refers to decorative ground cover species of sedum. The bush is dense. Grows moderately without clogging up the space. Shoots are straight, fleshy, up to 50 -60 cm high. Stems are densely leafy. Leaves are oval, oblong, toothed. Leaves and stems are thickened, juicy. The flower stores water and nutrients. Sedum leaves can be green, gray with a brown tint... The inflorescences are voluminous, dense, up to 10-15 cm in diameter, corymbose in shape.

The flowers are small, bell-shaped or star-shaped, mostly pink and red-carmine shades, less often white, purple colors. The flower has five pointed petals. Flowering is long, begins in summer or at the very beginning of autumn, lasts more than a month. Fruits - leaflets, ripen in boxes. The variety is frost-resistant, withstands autumn frosts.

• The ochiner prominent is similar to the dense leaves and the pointed shape of the flower petals.
• Crassula sickle has similar bright, dense inflorescences up to 15 - 20 cm in diameter.
• The coastal zhivuchnik is similar to the sedum in the prominent form of the corymbose inflorescence and the shape of pointed petals.
• Kalanchoe Rosalina has bright red, lush inflorescences. The flowers are densely planted in the inflorescences, forming a thick head.
• The Gray's groundwort forms a dense, compact bush. The stems are densely leafy, the leaf shape is oblong.

What conditions does it require and how long does it live?

Prominent ochiner can live a long time without watering, belongs to drought-resistant species... Can tolerate bright direct sun and cold temperatures. Not picky about soils, can grow on loamy and infertile substrates. A perennial, with proper care and renewal of the bushes, lives for a long time, up to 8 - 10 years.

The variety is distinguished by an abundant long flowering period. The seeds ripen fully.

Flowers of this species are considered honey plants and attract bees and butterflies. The variety is frost-resistant, does not require shelter for the winter.

Varieties and types, their photos

Breeders have bred a large number of hybrid varieties of sedum... The bred varieties are distinguished by the compactness of the bush and special decorative effect.

Carmen

The variety stands out for its bright purple inflorescences, the bush grows to a height of 40 - 50 cm. The stems are densely leafy, with bright green leaves.

Sedum Karl (Charles)

A bush of medium height, up to 40 - 45 cm high. Star-shaped flowers have a pale pink color with a red tint... The diameter of the inflorescence is up to 12 - 14 cm.

Stardust

The variety is marked by an unusual color of the leaves: on a bright green background of the leaf plate, greenish-white streaks are located in the center, the border of the leaf is green. The flowers are pale white.

Neon

The bush is dense, of medium height. The height of an adult bush is up to 35 - 45 cm. The flowers are bright, pink with a purple tint. The middle of the flower is more intense in color, the ends of the petals are paler.

Brilliant

The most popular variety, bred at the beginning of the 20th century. The bush is not high, the length of the stems is up to 30 - 40 cm. The shoots are round. The leaves are distinguished by a bluish bloom. The flowers are bright pink, the inflorescences are corymbose.

Elsie's Gold

The bush is high, up to 50 cm. The leaves are serrated in shape, green, with a cream edging. The flowers are delicate, small, pale pink. Mature bushes have a more intense flowering color.

Iceberg

Inflorescences are large, up to 15 cm in diameter. The flowers are snow-white, star-shaped. The bush is of medium height, up to 40 cm in height. Leaves are light green, oval, jagged edges.

Meteor

The variety is similar to the Carmen variety. Large inflorescences are distinguished by bright purple flowers... The height of the bush is 40 - 50 cm. The leaves are bright green, dense.

Otum Fire (Autumn Fire)

The variety was named "Autumn Fire" for the colorful copper - red shade of inflorescences... Differs in long-term autumn flowering. Leaves are oval, with a grayish tint.

Septemberglut

The variety is called "Flame of September". Inflorescences are large, numerous. The flowers themselves are small, densely planted, have a pronounced pink color.

Snow Queen

Sedum is distinguished by its white star-shaped flowers, similar to the Iceberg variety.... Leaves are light green, juicy. Differs in late autumn flowering. The bush is resistant to cold snaps.

Rosenteller

Petals and carpels stand out in bright pink color. The bush is compact, up to 40 cm high. Flowering begins in late summer and lasts until September.

Humile

The variety is undersized. The height of an adult bush is no more than 35 cm. The flowers of this stonecrop are pink, combined into dense, voluminous inflorescences... The stems are densely covered with leaves. The leaves are oblong, serrated, bright green.

Care

Ochitnik prominent prefers bright sunlight. The plant tolerates drought well. Watering is moderate, at the root, it is enough to moisten the substrate 1 time 2 weeks.

Important: Young bushes need more frequent watering than older ones. Water for irrigation should be clean, soft, room temperature.

In summer, spraying of bushes is permissible. The plant does not need regular mineral fertilizing... It is enough to add compost or humus to the soil when planting. Regular weeding and loosening of the soil is required. In the fall, the bushes are cleaned, the fallen leaves are removed so that new shoots in the spring can germinate without difficulty.

Wintering requires preliminary pruning of faded stems. The stems are cut, leaving 2 - 3 cm of stems, so as not to damage the buds of future shoots.

Reproduction

Prunus prominent easily propagates by cuttings... The most acceptable breeding method. The variety is characterized by fast rooting. The stem is divided into cuttings with 3 - 4 pairs of leaves. Sprouted cuttings are planted in open ground, regularly moistened in the summer heat. Within 2 weeks, the cuttings take root.

For dense plantings in a flower garden, parts of the stem are simply laid out on the surface of a moist, fertilized, loose, weed-free soil. The procedure can be carried out in May - June. After 2 - 3 weeks, the rooted cuttings will take on a dense carpet.

Sowing seeds is an inconvenient way, it takes a lot of time, preliminary preparation, special conditions. Seeds can be sown in the fall, for the winter, and in the spring.... Sowing is placed in separate containers. Seedlings are usually small. When leaves appear, the seedlings dive. The seeds can be harvested by yourself or purchased from the store.

Seedlings bloom through sowing in 2-3 years.

Transfer

Adult plants 4 - 5 years old require rejuvenation, transplantation through dividing the bush... The soil should be light, moisture permeable well.

Soil composition for sedum eminent:

• Sand -1 tsp
• Compost or humus - 1 tsp
• Garden land - 2 h.
• Drainage from brick chips, polystyrene or expanded clay.

The procedure is carried out in early spring. The mother bush is dug out for dividing. Each separated part should have healthy roots, 2 developed buds. Before planting, the seedlings must be dried for 5 - 6 hours..

Advice: The cut sites are treated with disinfectants.

Possible difficulties

1. On the north side of the house, the bushes do not bloom, the leaves are small, turn pale.
2. The stems stretch out from lack of light, the bush becomes loose and sloppy.
3. From excessive feeding, the bushes lose their attractiveness, the inflorescences grow, the stems can break off from the severity of the flowers.
4. In summer, bushes can be damaged by caterpillars. Spraying with actelik is required.
5. Thrips and aphids damage the tops of the bush. Treatment with insecticides will help.
6. Young leaves are often attacked by a furrowed weevil. Beetles should be removed after sunset by shaking them off the bushes.
7. From dampness and cold, the bushes are affected by fungal infections, rot may appear. The affected areas need to be cut off.

Application in landscape design

The ochitnik, prominent due to its decorativeness, is very popular among designers and florists... It is planted along curbs, on lawns, in flower beds and special fences along the edges of benches and arches in the park. Looks good in flowerpots on large verandas and spacious balconies.

Designers use this variety to create Japanese-style rocky gardens, mixborders, and alpine slides. In mixed flower beds, sedum plant is planted in the foreground or middle ground. Looks good in the garden at the foot of the lilac, hydrangea.

Attention: This variety is easily adaptable to urban conditions, easily tolerates gas pollution and car exhaust.

Conclusion

Prominent ochiner - universal flower... Green design is not its only advantage. Herbalists are widely used as a medicinal plant with medicinal properties.

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The Sedum spectabile species has several hundred varieties, each of which is ideal for decorating the lawn and the surrounding area. Succulent has several botanical and popular names: wonderful sedum, "hare cabbage" or "live grass". Knowing some of the secrets of its cultivation, sedum will bloom until late autumn.

Description

Sedum is a perennial succulent, a type of flowering plant from the Tolstyankov family. Various varieties of this flower are widespread in Europe, in Eastern China and Japan. In the wild, it is found in mountainous regions, on plains and sandy soils. The sedum is a rather large plant up to 80 cm high, although there are also small specimens. The buds are collected in inflorescences up to 25 cm in diameter. Flowers can have different colors depending on the variety. Also, the beginning and duration of flowering depends on the variety. The first petals can open in mid-May, some species continue to bloom until frost.

Flowers have not only high decorative qualities, but also a healing effect. The medicinal properties of sedum have made the plant especially popular with alternative medicine practitioners. Some varieties of stonecrop have sedative and analgesic effects. Decoctions and infusions of flowers relieve pain and calm the nervous system. Sedum leaves are juicy, fleshy, tightly covering the stems. The color of the leaves is from light green to maroon shade with a light grayish bloom. Closer to autumn, the stems and flowers of the plant acquire a richer color.

Perennial tolerates the neighborhood of other garden plants and temperature changes well. Due to this feature, it is used for landscaping large areas, using in single and group plantings.

Varieties

Various types and varieties of plants are used for landscaping areas. Flowers with white, pink and purple petals are very popular. Ornamental varieties that are widely cultivated and used in landscape design.

• "Brilliant" (Sedum spectabile Brilliant). This variety was the very first one bred by breeders in 1913. Tall shrub of 15-10 upright dense stems. During the flowering period, beautiful lush inflorescences are formed on each stem, the diameter of which can reach 25 cm.

The color of the buds is dark pink, closer to the center - almost red. The plant tolerates frost well down to -8 ° C. The unpretentious variety has a long flowering period - from mid-August to early November.

• "Karl" (Sedum spectabile Karl). The flower has erect shoots with a height of 47-50 cm. A distinctive characteristic of the variety is dense oval leaves, capable of accumulating moisture and nutrients, and resistance to frost. Thanks to these features, "Karl" can be grown on sandy soils with deep groundwater. Its flowering period is 80-90 days from early August to mid-October. The petals have a bright pink color, which becomes even more intense towards autumn.

This beautiful ornamental plant is used by florists to create bouquets and flower arrangements. The plant prefers well-lit areas, but does not require regular abundant watering. It is used for decorating alpine slides, grown in mixborders, rockeries.

• "Stardust" (Sedum spectabile Star Dust). A shrub 40-60 cm high adorns the garden with snow-white flowers. The frost-resistant variety takes root well both in the shade and in sunny areas. Small buds bloom in mid-August and bloom until the end of September. In favorable conditions, the flowering period can last until mid-autumn.

• "Matrona" (Sedum spectabile Matrona). The variety is polarized in popularity with gardeners due to its beautiful large pink-red buds and a long flowering period. Inflorescences, located on high (up to 60 cm) stems, bloom at the end of summer and bloom before the onset of frost. Perennial tolerates drought well and does not require abundant watering.

• "Frosty Morn" (Sedum spectabile Frosty Morn). The characteristic feature of this variety is the lush pale pink, almost white, flowers. Due to the bright color of dense large green leaves with a white bloom, the plant can be grown in single plantings. The bushes are compact, no more than 30-35 cm high, they are used to decorate flower beds, rocky gardens and alpine hills.

• "Iceberg" (Sedum spectabile Iceberg). Snow-white buds up to 15 cm in diameter are the distinguishing characteristic of this variety. The iceberg prefers well-lit areas and can be grown as a single ornamental plant. The shrubs are compact, the height of the stems does not exceed 35 cm. The flowering period is the end of August.

• Sedum spectabile September Glut. The September Flame is a bright frost-resistant flower that adorns the landscape until winter. Tall erect stems form a compact bush up to 50 cm high. The green color of the leaves with a light blue tint harmonizes well with dark pink buds. The flowering period of "Septemberglut" is from mid-September to the end of November. It goes well with wildflowers and cereals.

• Sedum spectabile Diamond Edge. A small compact shrub 35-50 cm high with pale pink buds blooms before the first frost. A distinctive characteristic of the variety is the red color of the stems and the fleshy leaves of a dark green color with a cream shade. It is used to decorate personal plots and is used in group plantings.

• "Variegata" (Sedum spectabile Variegata). A short shrub (up to 45 cm) with variegated light green leaves and pink-burgundy buds, collected in small inflorescences, loves good lighting and is resistant to an arid climate. Undemanding perennial care can bloom for 90-100 days, starting in September. The original color of the inflorescences and the ease of growing made the variety very popular with gardeners.

• "Purple Emperor" (Sedum spectabile Purple Emperor). A distinctive characteristic of this variety are beautiful dense purple leaves. "Purple Emperor" is a large, tall shrub, the stems of which grow up to 80 cm wide. Massive large inflorescences with pink buds acquire an even richer color when grown on the sunny side.

The flowering period begins in late July and lasts until mid-October. Due to their size and beautiful harmonious color, the flowers are widely used to decorate rocky gardens and alpine hills.

• "Red Cowley" (Sedum spectabile Red Cauli). Selective hybrid variety with bright red buds. Stems are tough, covered with blue leaves with a grayish bloom. The flower prefers sunny areas, but tolerates shade and partial shade well. The flowering period is 75-80 days from July to the end of September.

• "Xenox" (Sedum spectabile Xenox). A small bush no more than 35 cm high has bright purple-violet buds and leaves. The compact plant looks good in flower beds and in mixborders, can be grown in the shade.

Popular varieties for group plantings and floristic compositions.

• "Neo" (Sedum spectabile Neon). A sprawling spherical shrub up to 60 cm high. Flowers of a lilac-pink hue are collected in false umbrellas.

• "Carmen" (Sedum spectabile Carmen). A dense, low bush grows up to 30 cm in diameter. Due to its high decorative qualities, it is often used for landscaping large garden areas. Thick burgundy leaves and delicate pink flower buds go well with other varieties.

• "Autumn fire" (Sedum spectabile Autumn fire). A bush up to 50-60 cm in height with large pink-copper inflorescences has a long flowering period. The most cold-resistant variety that you can not cut for the winter.

• Sedum spectabile Postman's Pride. The stems with purple leaves go well with the delicate pink color of the buds. Shoot height usually does not exceed 60 cm, so the shrub can be planted in mixed plantings and near trees.

• "Rosneteller" (Sedum spectabile Rosneteller). The classic combination of delicate green leaves and bright pink blossoms has made this variety one of the most popular among florists. Small bushes 40-60 cm in height are among the first to bloom in early to mid-May. At the end of flowering, seed pods are formed in place of the buds, which can be used to propagate the flower.

How to plant?

When choosing a place to grow sedum, it should be remembered that almost all of its varieties love sunny open areas. The unpretentious plant can be planted on clay and sandy soils, on plains and in mountainous areas. So that the perennial does not reduce its decorative qualities over time, it is recommended to provide it with drainage from brick chips or expanded clay. The plant does not tolerate excessive moisture and stagnant water.

When choosing a place for its cultivation, it is recommended to avoid lowlands and places with a high occurrence of groundwater, otherwise the roots of the flower may rot. Sedum is planted in open ground in spring - at this time, active growth of all plants begins. At home, the flower can be planted in the winter, and in the spring, transplanted into the already warmed earth. The place needs to be cleared of weeds and the topsoil must be loosened. Succulent grows well in rocky areas, so light sandy loam is best suited for it.

The flower holes should be at least 20 cm apart, for large varieties the interval should be at least 40 cm.A handful of sand or expanded clay should be poured at the bottom of the planting pit, humus and a little soil should be added to deepen the roots. Cover the rhizome with earth, slightly moisten and cover with dry earth. To water the plant around the root collar, you need to make a shallow ditch at a slight angle to drain excess water.

A flower can grow in one place for up to 5 years, after which it can be transplanted or rejuvenated by removing old shoots. Low-growing shrubs are not recommended to be planted next to trees and plants that require abundant watering.

How to take care of it properly?

Sedum is an unpretentious plant, therefore it does not require additional fertilizing and fertilization. Caring for a flower consists in the correct organization of watering and preparation of the shrub for winter. In case of prolonged absence of precipitation, it is necessary to moisten the root system of the flower with soft clean water at room temperature. Watering schedule - no more than 1 time per week. It is recommended to transplant sedum every 4-5 years. This will help maintain the ornamental properties of the plant. The transplant is carried out in the spring. The bush is completely dug out of the soil and divided into several parts. Old and diseased shoots are removed, after which healthy shoots are planted as young plants.

Autumn is the time to prepare for winter. Varieties that are not resistant to frost need to be rejuvenated. It is necessary to cut off all old shoots and add fresh soil under the rhizome. The cut sites are treated with antifungal agents. If the winter is cold, you can dig up the flower and bring it to an unheated room.

Reproduction methods

Sedum tolerates transplanting well and can reproduce both by dividing the bush and in other ways. The most popular methods by which a flower can be propagated.

• Seeds. The most difficult way that requires the necessary skills and experience. Seeds are sown in early spring and placed in a greenhouse until 3 true leaves appear. Seedlings are planted in large open pots, and for 2 years they can be transplanted into open ground. The buds on flowers grown from seeds appear in 3-4 years.

Sedum prominent - bushy herbaceous plant. Representatives of this culture are actively used in landscape design due to their high decorative effect, combined with unpretentious cultivation. The presence of many varieties of this type of stonecrop allows you to select the best for a particular site.

Origin and botanical description of the plant

Sedum prominent (in Latin - Sedum spectabile) is a herbaceous perennial succulent, a representative of the Tolstyankov family. At the end of the last century, this type of sedum, along with many others, was separated into a separate genus of Ochitniki, but so far traditionally retains the "old" name.

Stonecrop bushes, or sedum prominent, are more often found on rocky soils, choosing rocky terrain, sometimes meadows.

The name of the species reflects its "appearance": although the plant is considered an ornamental groundcover, its stems are vertical, and their height is on average about 40 cm (some varieties reach 60-70 cm).

Tuberous roots, dense. Plants grow compactly, clogging up the space around them with self-seeding.

The flower has the ability to store water, and therefore the stems and leaves are juicy, thickened. The foliage is usually green or grayish brown. The shape is oblong-oval, with finely toothed edges, the leaves densely and densely cover the stems.

The scutellous pseudo-umbilical inflorescences are large, 10-15 cm in diameter. They consist of small 5-petal flowers of shades of pink and red, less often of purple or white. They begin to bloom at the end of summer, the process lasts more than a month. Often it is sedums that delight with flowering already on the very eve of winter. All varieties of stonecrop are prominent frost-resistant.

In folk medicine, the medicinal properties of the plant are used thanks to the alkaloids, saponins, organic acids, and wax included in its composition. This allows it to be used in the treatment of wounds and to relieve inflammation. The fees with the inclusion of the plant are used as a sedative for the nervous system, strengthening the immune system, improving the functioning of the stomach and intestines.

Growing regions

Experts believe that the native land of the plant is the Japanese Islands, China in the northeastern part and the Korean Peninsula. Now the prominent sedum is widespread not only in the Far East of our country and in Siberia, but also in the Caucasus, as well as in the countries of Africa and South America.

Main varieties and varieties

Sedum, prominent for its high decorativeness and ease of cultivation, attracts breeding specialists who create new hybrids. Rare flowers can decorate a dying autumn garden in such a way. The first varieties of the prominent sedum appeared more than a hundred years ago. When choosing a variety, in addition to its specific characteristics, the following factors should be considered:

• most varietal plants are more “capricious” than the parental species;
• the beauty of any sedum is fully revealed in conditions that are comfortable for it. First of all, it is a sunny, completely open place. In the shade, the flowers, for which the variety is often bred, will be rare and less bright;
• the growth of novelties of prominent stonecrop, especially those that have leaves of an atypical type for it, must be monitored carefully. When "wild" branches of bright green color appear, they are immediately plucked out. Otherwise, the whole plant will quickly regenerate.

Some of the varieties have become especially popular - Brilliant, Xenox, Diamond Edge, Hershfrud.

Diamond

Prominent sedum Brilliant has been known since 2013 and is still in the top ten most popular varieties of the species. On its basis, many modern hybrids have been created.

The bush of the Brilliant variety is dense, forms numerous - 15-20 pieces - shoots 30-40 cm high. It blooms shortly before September and forms bright pink inflorescences up to 15 cm wide until frost.

The buds in the middle of the stonecrop plant of a prominent Brilliant have a denser structure and brighter color.

Diamond Edge

Its size is inferior to most other varieties of the species: it grows above 25 cm and not wider than 35 cm. But its foliage color is amazing - a mixture of pink and green shades with a cream-colored border. Inflorescences are light pink, up to 15 cm wide.

Charles

Gains in height no more than 35 cm. The color of the leaves is gray-green. Karl's buds have shades of carmine pink. Blooms in the last decade of August and keeps flowering until frost. It tolerates frost well, but in case of snowless winters it needs shelter.

Variegata

Delicate white-variegated leaves of a juicy green hue and light pink inflorescences are very attractive. The height of the bush is up to 40-45 cm. It has all the advantages of prominent stonecrops - it is drought-resistant and unpretentious.

Purple Emperor

The name of the variety Purple Emperor ("purple emperor") was presented with purple-red oval-shaped leaves. This is one of the largest visible stonecrops, but not in height, but in width - it reaches a diameter of 80 cm.The bush is dense, retains its shape well, up to 60 cm high.

The color of the foliage of Purpl Emperor is surprisingly combined with large pink inflorescences, which delight with their appearance already at the end of July.

Neon

Plant height - 45-60 cm. Flowering begins in August and lasts until October. The foliage changes color during the season: in summer it is gray-green in color, and in autumn it is red with bronze. Flowers on her background are very bright, lilac-pink, large (up to 20 cm in diameter).

Xenox

Dark purple leaves and reddish purple flowers stand out against any garden or floral backdrop. The bushes are neat, dense and tall in the shape of a ball (in height and in diameter - 50 cm).

Carmen

The bush with strong stems is decorative throughout the growing season. It grows slowly. An adult plant is up to 50 cm high, up to 30 cm wide.

In the lower part of the stem, the leaves are almost opposite, above they become alternate, oval, with small denticles along the edge. Color - light green.

Flowering continues for 40 days, starting in late August. Fruits ripen only in warm climates, but the plant's frost resistance is high, shelter is not required in any frost.

Translated from English, the name means "autumn fire" and fully corresponds to its appearance. Stems - about half a meter high, green. The shade of the leaves - with the addition of gray to green. Against their background, the umbrellas of flowers of a copper-pink color glow brightly.

Portmans Pride

Sedum prominent of this variety differs in height - up to 60 cm. It blooms from the beginning of September, dissolving pale pink inflorescences. Against the background of purple foliage, they look especially delicate and beautiful.

Red Cowley

Stems 50 cm long are crowned with flower stalks with bright red small buds. The leaves are purple. Decorative on any part of the landscape.

Rosneteller

Blossoms, unlike most prominent stonecrops, early - in May. The background of the flowers of a juicy lingonberry-pink shade is the green foliage of the bush. Peduncles are tall - 50-60 cm long. Leaves are usually oval in shape, bordered with sparse denticles.

Septemberglut

A variety of German selection. In translation it means "the flame of September". This is what dark pink flowers look like in a September garden. The leaves are green with blueness. The bushes of this variety of stonecrop are tall, the length of the stems reaches 60 cm. They bloom from the beginning of autumn until frost.

Stardust

Small buds bloom in inflorescences, like stars, which is reflected in the name of the variety (translated from English as "stardust"). Blooms all September. Even before flowering, the greenery of the bush stands out with its brightness of color.

Iceberg

The buds in its inflorescences are white, rare for prominent sedums. Umbrellas with a diameter of 15 cm. The bushes are low, up to 35 cm. They bloom in early autumn. The creators gave the variety a name by analogy with the ice fragments poured on a "platter" of thick oval green leaves.

Frosty Morn

Even before the beginning of flowering, it attracts attention with the color of the foliage: they seem to be painted with watercolor stains of green and white. In September, pale pink umbellate inflorescences with a diameter of 10-15 cm appear.The bushes grow up to 35 cm.

Application in landscape design

At the end of the season, when most flowers have long lost their attractiveness and are preparing for a dormant period, the prominent sedum retains its beauty or even just begins to bloom. Ornamental succulent bushes look especially impressive after the first frost.

Various varieties of stonecrop are “welcome guests” in any form of landscape design. They fit well into any of his style and look especially advantageous in group plantings:

• the most common use of the species is in borders. The bushes retain their shape and density, allowing flower borders to be drawn between different zones;
• in mixed garden compositions and mixborders, sedum can act as a shading background for other flowers, and play a major role due to the bright colors of foliage and inflorescences;
• alpine slides seem to be specially designed to demonstrate the beauty of sedums. Plants densely cover the spaces between the stones, contrasting with the juiciness of greenery and the brightness of the buds with the gray coldness of the boulders;
• on flower beds, low varieties are often used as an outline for flower patterns;
• Sedums are seen comfortably in containers, flower pots and even hanging planters. This allows them to be widely used in landscaping any buildings.

Necessary conditions for growing

Prominent sedum can "endure" poor soils for a long time, but on fertile - nutritious loam - its decorative effect is especially pronounced.

For full flowering, it requires 6-8 hours of daylight hours. To do this, they try to plant it in areas completely open to sunlight. In the shade, the bushes quickly fade, and the foliage turns pale and loses its density.

Care features

Sedum prominent, being a favorite of flower beds, does not require much effort and time from flower growers. Caring for a plant in the open field is reduced, first of all, to regular weeding, since succulents are easily "clogged" with weeds.

This type of sedum does not need pruning, but to preserve decorativeness, you need to inspect the bushes, removing damaged or dried branches, faded buds. For the winter, some of the species require shelter.

The need for watering

The plant is drought-resistant, but in the absence of natural precipitation for a long time, it requires watering. In this case, good drainage in the soil is desirable, since with prolonged stagnation of water in the root system, decay processes begin.

Top dressing

If, during planting, fertilizers (rotted manure, compost) were added to the soil, for the next few years, you can not remember about feeding sedum. On poor soils, twice a season - before and after flowering - watering is carried out with the addition of a highly diluted mineral complex.

Diseases and pests

Of insects, sawfly caterpillars and aphids can harm:

• they fight the first ones, treating the bushes of flowers with Aktellik until the pests disappear;
• from aphids, plantings are treated with gentle, non-burning foliage insecticides (for example, Tanrek).

Reproduction methods

Amateur flower growers practice two options for reproduction of stonecrop: by dividing the mother bush (in autumn or spring) and by cuttings (in summer, cuttings can be harvested all year round). It also propagates by seeds, but this method is too labor-intensive and time-consuming, and the grade is not transmitted that way.

Both the separated parts of the bush and the cuttings are immediately transferred to the permanent place of their future growth. Before this, the cuttings are slightly dried (preferably in the cool and in the light), after which they are buried in the ground in the landing hole by a centimeter.

For cuttings, a strong young stem is divided into pieces 5 cm long. After planting, the soil is slightly moistened and in the first days small stonecrops are sheltered from direct sun. Planting is carried out before the beginning of autumn, so that by the time the frosts arrive, the cuttings have time to take root.

Some of the prominent sedums exude aerosols. Such shoots are gently pinned to the ground and rooted.

You can propagate a prominent sedum even using flowers from a bouquet. After the inflorescence wilting, the stems are not thrown away, but continue to be kept in water, regularly changing it to fresh water. By spring, planting material with a developed root system is ready.

For the purpose of breeding new varieties, specialists use grafting propagation. The operation is carried out in late spring or early summer, connecting the scion with the stock in the usual way and leaving it in a "bandaged" form for a month to grow together.

An unpretentious and highly decorative sedum, visible with elementary care, will delight for more than one year, giving the dullness of the autumn landscape a special charm with warm colors of greenery and flowers.

Inconspicuous-looking herbaceous shrubs in spring and summer are attractive only with curly fleshy foliage. But closer to autumn, the stonecrop is noticeable transforms: covered with thick pink inflorescences, it immediately becomes a catchy accent of a border or an alpine slide.

Due to its unpretentiousness, perennials are often found in summer cottages - they do not require daily care, and the decoration is wonderful. In addition, it lends itself well to selection: the range of bred sedum varieties is impressive.

The homeland of the species Sedum spectabile, a bright representative of the genus Sedum, or Sedum of the Tolstyankov family, is presumably the northeastern provinces of China. However, succulent has found wide distribution in the wild in Korea and Japan, and in landscape design, the plant is used in gardens and parks around the world.

Outwardly, stonecrop is a bush of succulent erect stems, reaching, depending on the variety, 50-80 cm. Light green fleshy leaves are arranged alternately along the pagon. They are completely devoid of petioles and tightly cover the stem with their sinuses.

There is a version that because of this feature the plant got its name - translated from the Latin sedеre means "to sit", although some botanists suggest that the property of certain species of the genus to spread out on the ground played an important role in the name of the plant.

Another option to explain the botanical name of the genus is the Latin word sedare, which means “to pacify or calm down” and is associated with the use of the plant in folk medicine to relieve pain.

By the end of July, umbellate inflorescences begin to form on the tops of the pagons, but at this time they still do not represent decorative attractiveness. And closer to September, petals of small star-shaped flowers open up, and the bushes unexpectedly flash with attractive beauty. The petals of different varieties are colored white, all sorts of shades of pink, lilac, coral, burgundy, even purple.

Popular varieties of stonecrop prominent

The plant has an enviable variety of varieties. One of the first was bred at the beginning of the last century in 1913 and named Brilliant, but even today, a century later, it is still popular and loved by flower growers all over the planet.

Among the most common varieties, the following are worth mentioning:
Frosty Morn is a perennial about 35 cm high with pale pink, almost white inflorescences about 10-15 cm in diameter, blooming in early autumn.

Iceberg (Iceberg) - with snow-white flowers, forming tight apical inflorescences on pagons 35-40 cm high.

Matrona (Matrona) - one of the most widespread and highest varieties, reaching 65 cm. It is characterized by a reddish tint of the stems. The foliage is rich green. Flowering begins by the end of August, the inflorescences are large, almost 25 cm in circumference, crimson-red.

Star Dust is a compact plant with the aerial part completely dying off for the winter. The stems are juicy, bright green, with foliage of the same color. The inflorescences are lush, snow-white.

Septemberglut (Septemberglut) - the name of the perennial is translated as "September fire". Tall succulent with pagons about 60 cm, crowned in September with bright dark pink armfuls of inflorescences.

Stonecrop brilliant (Brilliant) - an old variety, which served as the basis for the creation of beautiful modern hybrids and varieties. The shrub reaches a height of about 45 cm, flowering period is from late August to early September. Inflorescences-brushes of almost 25 cm in a circle blaze with a pink-carmine flame until frost.

Diamond Edge is a shrub about half a meter in height, distinguished by a brownish tint of green foliage. The stems are burgundy. Inflorescences are light pink, last from the beginning of September and until a significant freezing cold.

Karl (Karl) - succulent with light green foliage and pale pink inflorescences. It is very frost-resistant, often flowers retain their decorative effect until spring.

Variegata (Variegata) is a spectacular plant with variegated yellow-green foliage and pink-burgundy inflorescences. It grows up to 60 cm high and needs good lighting, blooms in the first decade of September.

Purple Emperor - one of the most interesting hybrid sedum, whose name literally sounds - purple emperor. Both pagons and leaves are distinguished by a rich cherry-burgundy hue. Pink inflorescences appear in the second half of summer.

Neon (Neon) - blooms from August to October with stunning lilac-pink inflorescences. It is characterized by a shade of foliage that changes during the growing season - silvery-green in summer, closer to the middle of autumn the leaves acquire a scarlet-bronze color.

Xenox is a very colorful variety with bright purple-dark green foliage and delicate purple-pink inflorescences.

Carmen (Carmen) - compact half-meter bush with maroon pagon and green leaves. Flowers of a delicate marshmallow pink color open in mid-August.

Otumn Fire (Autmn Fire) - the name translates as "autumn flame". Shrub with succulent emerald leaves and coppery pink flowers.

Portmans Pride (Postman's Pride) is a spectacular plant about 60 cm tall with a rich purple color of stems and leaves. Flowering pale pink, begins in September.

Red Cauli is one of the more decorative varieties with purple-green foliage and red-crimson star-shaped flowers.

Where and how to plant stonecrop prominent on a personal plot

The agrotechnology of growing succulents does not impose special requirements on the grower: neither deep botanical knowledge, nor the constant presence of a prominent sedum near the plantings is absolutely unnecessary.

Lighting

The plant prefers to grow where there is a lot of light. Even the bright sun at midday is not dangerous for him, the leaves of some species only acquire a slight purple hue.

Stonecrop can withstand penumbra normally, but it is not worth planting a plant in the shade of trees. The decorativeness of the shrubs will suffer greatly.

Seat selection

The main requirement for choosing a site for planting stonecrop is the deep occurrence of groundwater and the absence of hollows and lowlands in which water stagnates after heavy rain in summer or after snow melts during thaws and in spring. The plant does not tolerate excess moisture, the rhizome rots soon in waterlogged conditions, and no measures will help save the flower.

The succulent is not particularly vulnerable to drafts or wind. Usually plants are planted in dense groups, which are not afraid of strong gusts of wind.

Soil requirements

Accustomed in natural conditions to poor stony or sandy soils, sedum is prominent and in culture it is unpretentious to the composition of the soil. The only condition is that the area with heavy clay soil will have to be lightened by adding sand. The acidity of the soil for a flower is completely neutral or slightly acidic.

Of course, in light fertile soil, the plant develops much more actively than in a poorly fertilized area with calcareous soil.

Landing rules

The site for planting stonecrop is prepared in advance - they dig up the earth, break up the lumps with a rake, level the site. Pits are dug at a distance of 20 cm from one another. The size of the holes is determined depending on the size of the root system: their internal volume should be approximately one and a half to two times the volume of the root ball.

A drainage layer of sand or expanded clay is poured at the bottom of the planting hole, a handful of humus is placed on top, and only then the selected soil from the depression. The rhizome is well straightened, covered with the remaining earth and lightly tamped.

A small moat is made around the root collar so that irrigation water is retained in it. After planting, the plant is moistened and the area around the root is sprinkled with dry soil.

In one place, stonecrop grows up to 5 years, then it must be rejuvenated. To do this, the flower is dug out, the old half-dead roots are removed, the tuber root is divided into several parts and planted in new holes.

How to propagate a prominent sedum: methods and features

At home, as a rule, they practice a vegetative method of propagation of stonecrop, using stem and leaf cuttings, rhizomes with young shoots. The seed method is rarely used, since in culture there are mainly hybrids and succulent varieties, which, when grown from seeds, lose their parental characteristics.

Seeds

Sowing seeds for seedlings is done in March or April. In bowls filled with a mixture of garden soil and sand, seeds are scattered over the surface of the substrate at a distance of at least 5 cm from each other.

It is moistened with a spray bottle, covered with plastic wrap on top and kept in a cool place with a temperature of no more than 5 degrees Celsius for two weeks. Then they are transferred to a room where the thermometer readings are maintained within 18-20 degrees above zero. The first shoots hatch 3-4 weeks after sowing.

Seedlings are very small, when they grow up to the formation of 2 true leaves, they dive into separate cups. Seedlings are transplanted into open ground at the end of May, when the threat of return spring frosts has passed.

Cuttings

Fragments of young healthy stems 10-12 cm long are cut in spring or summer before flowering. Since most varieties of stonecrop bloom until late autumn, after flowering, it is too late to propagate the plant by cuttings.

However, if you put a bunch of stems with flowers in the water and regularly change the water, it will stand for a long time, creep, and soon take root. The rooted bouquet can be planted in a pot, and in the spring transferred into the soil in a flower bed.
In late spring, cuttings can be planted directly in open ground. They take root easily, the survival rate is not less than 70%.

By dividing the rhizome

In early spring, the bush is dug out of the ground and the rhizome is divided so that tubers and buds remain on each cut. Places of cuts are sprinkled with charcoal or treated with fungicidal preparations in order to exclude the penetration of fungal infection into the plant tissues.

For several hours, parts of the divided rhizome are dried in the shade, and then planted in a new place, adhering to the basic planting rules.

Proper home care for stonecrop prominent

If it were not for the vulnerability to weeds, it could well be said that the perennial belongs to those plants that they say: planted and forgotten. However, stonecrop is intolerant to weeds - it grows poorly, the shoots stretch out, and often refuses to bloom. That is why loosening the soil in the near-root space and removing weeds must be timely.

Watering

The plant is quite drought-resistant and does not really need watering, with the exception of a prolonged sultry heat. In such weather, the perennial will use up most of its moisture reserves, and its stems and fleshy foliage become thinner and lose their decorative appeal.

In this case, watered every 4-5 days, pouring 2-4 liters of warm water under each bush. In normal weather with moderate thermometer readings, the plants have enough sedimentary moisture.

Top dressing

During the growing season, it is advisable to fertilize the succulent several times: the first feeding is needed in early spring, when the buds wake up, the second time fertilization is applied at the stage of flowering stems formation, then during flowering and finally, the last time on the eve of the first frost.

They are fed with a mineral complex or fertilizer mixed with organic matter. It is important to focus the attention of the grower on the fact that an excess of fertilizers, especially nitrogen fertilizers, negatively affects the development of stonecrop. The bushes build up a lush green mass, fall apart, lose their compactness and decorative effect. In addition, overfed succulents are characterized by a decrease in frost resistance and tolerate winter colds worse.

Pruning

About when it is better to cut off a prominent sedum - in the spring or on the eve of frosts, there are common opinions among flower growers. Most experts say that before wintering, the stems must be cut to a level of 3-4 cm above the soil.

However, many owners of household plots leave stonecrops until spring, because many varieties are attractive for most of winter, because they retain green leaves and inflorescences for a long time. Even pink-carmine inflorescences powdered with snow adorn the winter flower bed for a long time.

Preparation for wintering

In regions with warm winters, the plant does not need shelter at all, since most varieties and hybrids of stonecrop can withstand light frosts.

In places with more severe winters, the succulent is cut off and covered with dry fallen leaves or spruce branches.

Diseases and pests

The sedum plant is not much affected by diseases, if a too humid environment is not created for it. In cool and rainy summers, dark spots are often noticed on succulent leaves - a sign of fungal infection. It is better to destroy diseased bushes, since it is practically impossible to save them.

As a result of delay, the entire sedum plantation may become infected. After the disposal of diseased plants, perennials growing next to them without any special visible signs of infection are treated with fungicides.

Sedum prominent in landscape design and the best neighbors in the flower bed

Succulent is widely used in gardening household plots and urban areas, because the plant copes well with the gas pollution of the environment.

Low varieties of stonecrop are popular in the arrangement of rockeries and alpine hills. A particularly fashionable trend in landscape design is a curb of tall varieties of sedum, framed by a low stone wall.

In the design of flower beds, both high and low-growing varieties of stonecrop are used. Their tolerance to air pollution makes them a frequently planted plant in flower gardens.

The perennial, accustomed to rocky soils, fits perfectly into the landscape of a rock garden, located both on a flat area and on a slope.
The succulent is not particularly fond of neighbors. Next to him, the same drought-resistant euphorbia, ground cover light lovers and plants that prefer acidified soil, for example, heather or low and compact conifers, do not create a visible shadow for sedum, will take root.

Conclusion

Sedum prominent - an ideal plant for landscaping a suburban area, not shaded by large trees. It is also perfect for decorating the local suburban area, since it does not require vigilant attention dedicated to careful care. A summer resident who comes for the weekend, even in especially dry weather, just needs to water the plant once a week.

Indispensable sedum is visible on the flower beds of industrial enterprises, because it perfectly withstands the gas pollution of the urban environment. A variety of decorative varieties allows plant fans to pick up a whole collection of picturesque succulents, creating a composition of stunning beauty in their garden.