There are many good choices for ground covers, but there is perhaps a no more attractive and distinctive choice than sedums. Sedum as a genus contains more than 400 species, taking an astonishing ...

I have been a devotee of sedums for several years, adding them to all sorts of gardens, and this appreciation just keeps growing as new varieties emerge on the scene. I’m not alone. National Garden ...

With varieties native to North America, tolerance to frigid temperatures down to minus 40 degrees F, and nearly 500 species described, this plant subverts all expectations of a succulent. Also known ...

Sedums, or Stonecrop, as they are commonly known, are succulents with thick leaves that are filled with water. Their round, fleshy, blue-green leaves have clusters of closely packed flowers that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Chilly. Rainy. Downright Seattle-esque. This unseasonably gray spring has a lot of Coloradans pouting and their gardens’ best displays delayed. But if you ...

Key Points Planting fall flower beds adds vibrant seasonal color and extends the growing season.Choosing the right plants, ...

Hylotelephiums flower from late summer in borders, pots and gardens – and their brilliant but subtle colours are perfect for autumn days The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a ...

Legend has it, Crassulaceae (sedums) have the power to protect people and property from lightning strikes. So while I was sitting on our porch during a thunder storm, I took comfort in the fact that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you’re ever visiting Denver Botanic Gardens and spot a horticulturist with a ZZ Top beard and a straw hat, it’s probably Mike Bone, curator of Steppe ...

Are you tired of fighting the weather and bugs, dealing with constant watering and struggling with a plethora of diseases? Would you love to have displays of easy colour in pots and in those difficult ...

Joellen Dimond talks about sedums, and Mr. D. demonstrates spraying peach trees. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond ...