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Sedum ID please

NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
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This is growing my mum’s garden. She says it has been there 40 years, but I think she used to have a hydrangea there and is getting confused. The large flower heads look much darker at a distance, less raspberry... 

Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ice plant, used to be called Sedum spectabile but now it's called https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/159311/Hylotelephium-spectabile/Details
    Great source of nectar for butterflies and bees in the late summer and autumn. :)



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Hi @Dovefromabove, great, thanks, so no specific cultivar, just the bog standard Sedum Spectable? Sorry, can’t get on with Hylotelephium as a name! This one is definitely more burgundy than the pink shown in your link, do the colours vary?
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They do get darker as they age ... have a look at 'Autumn Joy'.  Mine is quite dark at the moment. 

    I also have Sedum 'Abbeydore' which is quite dark, but the flower heads aren't as big as in your pic.

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Nollie said:
    so no specific cultivar?
    Very hard to tell apart generally. There are species, sub-species and hybrids and all have very common features. The teeth on the leaves look a bit pointed for spectabile so it could be one of the hybrids like Autumn Joy/Herbsefreude. You'd need to dissect a flower for further clues though.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited October 2019
    This is my Autumn Joy at the moment. 

    Excuse the quick pic ... it’s raining out there 🌧 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Yours is remarkably slug damage free @Dovefromabove :D
    Mine have got virtually no leaves at all. 

    There's one called Brilliant - but I think it's a bit paler than Autumn Joy.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s in the front border where the lupins and a hosta also seem to survive unscathed @Fairygirl ... I have found a big toad lurking in that bed a few times 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Thanks everyone, and for the pic @Dovefromabove, it does look quite Autumn Joy-ish. Probably is that, as I don’t think there is a massive selection at mum’s local garden centre so it’s bound to be one fairly well-known. 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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