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Plant identification

Buckfast.BeemanBuckfast.Beeman Posts: 63
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Hi everyone yesterday I was tidying out my planters and hanging baskets and I found a plant I cannot identify and I'm very sure I never planted it. It looks like a succulent type. As it looks so nice I dug it up and took it inside. Sadly the plant broke when digging it up but I potted it in the hope it will root. I also dug up the root and potted that. I'm unsure it will survive outside during winter and wondered if it would make a good houseplant. The roots are sprouting new growth. Would this be better inside or outside during winter? Thanks to anyone who can identify this plant

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    sedum.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @CHRISTOPHER HODGKISS Hylotelephium spectabile more widely know as Sedum spectabile. It is a garden plant for a warm sunny free draining site. I would ensure good root growth before planting out. Lots of grit if you grow it in a pot or the ground.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Buckfast.BeemanBuckfast.Beeman Posts: 63
    GardenerSuze said:
    @CHRISTOPHER HODGKISS Hylotelephium spectabile more widely know as Sedum spectabile. It is a garden plant for a warm sunny free draining site. I would ensure good root growth before planting out. Lots of grit if you grow it in a pot or the ground.
    Hi thanks that explains why it was establishing itself in my planter because it's very well draining with lots of grit and clay pebbles in mixed with no3 John inns compost. I never planted it so maybe a seed got blown in or a bird dropped one or a bit of the plant. Will this survive winter outside then? It's very late flowering good for the bees at this time of year 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @CHRISTOPHER HODGKISS As long as it has a good root and is planted in full sun with good drainage it will be fine outside. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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