Stonecrop Ground Cover
Because of its chartreuse or golden color it looks especially good when combined with plants that have dark foliage.
Stonecrop ground cover. Red carpet is a low mat forming red leafed sedum or stonecrop. Leaves are attractive throughout the growing season. Here at plant delights nursery we have been growing sedum plants for over 25 years in our hot humid rainy raleigh garden and so we thought we d pass on our expert tips for growing sedum plants as well as the names of our favorite varieties of these popular succulent plants. Red carpet is an evergreen ground cover that grows 3 4 tall spreads to 18 24 wide.
Sunshine and good drainage are key to this plant s success. Make them the talk of your garden. Angelina stonecrop is a fast growing ground cover that stays short around 6 inches tall and quickly spreads to form a mat. Shop bluestone perennials for stonecrop groundcover today.
Stonecrop ground cover plants need regular watering while they establish. Sedum stonecrop is an easy to grow group of succulents that look great in the summer and autumn garden. But there are also several varieties of low growing sedum that are very good as ground covers in hot dry areas of a landscape where turfgrass and other plants struggle to survive. Many gardeners are familiar with upright varieties of sedum such as sedum autumn joy as excellent plants for late season color in the dry hot days of late summer and early autumn.
After three months the plant develops an extensive root system.