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What is this plant.

Elizabeth225Elizabeth225 Posts: 96
in Problem solving
Hi,could someone tell me what this plant is please,it seems to be taking over everything.Should I dig it up & get rid.It’s been in my garden for a few years now,although I can’t remember  buying it.It looks nice in early spring when it starts to sprout,but gets out of hand about now. & looks unsightly.Any advice would be most welcome.

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited June 2023
    I think it's a Sedum, now officially known as Hylotelephium spectabile  :)
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    It responds well to the 'Chelsea chop' (cut back at about the time of the Chelsea flower show) It doesn't flop so much then


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Elizabeth225Elizabeth225 Posts: 96
    Thank you both.Nutcutlet would it be  ok to cut it back now then even though it’s a bit late? 
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Elizabeth225 said:
    Thank you both.Nutcutlet would it be  ok to cut it back now then even though it’s a bit late? 
    If you chop it now you would probably lose all the flowers yet to come.
  • Elizabeth225Elizabeth225 Posts: 96
    Ok Papi Jo I will leave it until it has finished flowering.Thank you very much for your good advice.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    If it is S spectabile, let it finish flowering unless it offends you.  You can then cut it back and you should be able to see the new rosettes growing ready for next year.
    I must admit the white flowers present a rather wishy washy appearance - I much prefer the Autumn Joy but that's a personal preference  :)
  • Elizabeth225Elizabeth225 Posts: 96
    Ok I will let it finish flowering.thank you very much.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    My "Autumn Joy" , the most popular one, looks like this at this time of the year.  Early autumn it will develop deep red flowers, beloved of bees.


     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."
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