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Sedum ID help and tips needed

wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
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I bought a couple of sedums a while ago and I've been having trouble with them, partly because I don't really know what they are.

Sedum number one was labelled 'sedum green china' and came with the instructions to place in a sunny location and keep the soil moist. I can't find much at all on the interweb about plants with that name though. Initially it started getting a really bad mould problem so I took the whole plant to bits, cleaned all the dead or dying material out and repotted it into several different pots with a deep gravel mulch. They're all doing fine now and this one is about to flower. It's odd for a sedum with hairy leaves and apparently a liking for moist soil. Has anyone come across this one or a similar one before, maybe under a different name?




Problem sedum number two is one I have no idea about. I thought it might be sedum multiceps but it doesn't look quite right. It seems to like being dry and neglected though and doesn't get much bigger than an inch or 2 tall. It's never flowered. Any suggestions appreciated on this one.




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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Can't help with the sedums I'm afraid, but I'm bumping everything up to get above  the spam!
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    The first looks like a form of Adromischus, possibly A. cooperi. Definitely not sedum!

    Like most succulents, it should NOT be permanently moist, it should be allowed to dry out between waterings.

    https://worldofsucculents.com/how-to-grow-and-care-for-adromischus/

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I can see what you mean about the form, I wonder if it was mislabeled? It's definiately not A.cooperi though, see the pic below of it next to mine. I should be able to tell more when the flowers open.

    There are a few sedums that prefer to be kept on the moist side of dry though (not wet). Usually they tend to be from higher elevations or native to damper climates.


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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Alan Clark2 in Liverpool said:
    Definitely not sedum!
    You got me thinking about that. I had a look at the flower and it looks similar to my crassula sarcocaulis which is currently in flower. After a bit of googling I found this which looks like a good match Crassula lanuginosa var. pachystemon 'David'


    Assuming I'm correct it likes to be kept dry and in full sun. I'm not sure how a crassula from South Africa got labelled up as a Chinese sedum. :/
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Sedum number two looks similar either to S.reflexum or S.sediforme .
    Your green succulent looks achingly like the growth of Adromischus diabolicus , but not quite the same ; a hybrid maybe ???
  • laurenbarker1985laurenbarker1985 Posts: 3
    Looking at the first picture, it is Crassula lanuginosa. We used to propagate these on the nursery. A lovely little plant that doesn't like to be too wet around the base but doesn't want to dry out too much.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    laurenbarker1985 said:
    Looking at the first picture, it is Crassula lanuginosa. We used to propagate these on the nursery. A lovely little plant that doesn't like to be too wet around the base but doesn't want to dry out too much.
    That's great. Thank you very much for the help :)
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ray295ray295 Posts: 2
    First plant is definitely NOT a Sedum - it is a Crassula of the C. hirsuta group.  The blue Sedum is either S. hispanicum (6-7 partite flowers) or S. pallidum (5-partite flowers)  I think the latter but only time will tell.  The Crassula is NOT fully hardy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    ray295 said:
    First plant is definitely NOT a Sedum - it is a Crassula of the C. hirsuta group.  The blue Sedum is either S. hispanicum (6-7 partite flowers) or S. pallidum (5-partite flowers)  I think the latter but only time will tell.  The Crassula is NOT fully hardy.
    Thanks. I think I'm happy with the ID of the Crassula now but the Sedum flowered for the first time this year. I'll have to dig out the photos but it was definitely more than 5-partite so looks good for S.hispanicum. It still won't flower in the pot but seems to escape all around the garden and finally found one position where it was happy enough to flower.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Five or six years of growing this crassula with no real problems and suddenly this winter wiped out the lot of them. I had quite a few plants at one point and they were all thriving. Now this is what I've managed to salvage out of all of them :|  One tiny rooted cutting that I found while throwing the rest into the compost. I've been counting my losses today and this isn't the only plant I'm trying to salvage from a very small amount of material. Better than no plant at all I suppose.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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