Golden Carpet Sedum Lawn

Lovely in a combination container with other succulents.

Golden carpet sedum lawn.

Vigorous sedum acre spreads quickly and can be used to create a. Birds and rodents can become a problem in a sedum lawn too. Sedum gold carpet is a low growing stonecrop perfect for tucking into rock gardens. Sedum acre is aggressivly invading coastal strand plant communities in washington state.

Flowers are yellow star shaped and appear in loose clusters at the ends of the stems in late. Golden carpet sedum is the most shade tolerant. Starry yellow flowers begin in late spring. Phedimus kamtschaticus golden carpet formerly known as sedum kamtschaticus golden carpet is a low growing succulent up to 4 inches 10 cm tall with a dense creeping habit.

Because i already had this succulent growing along my dry streambed i simply lifted chunks of it and planted them a foot apart across the expanse that was once lawn. A community effort to remove sedum acre from point wilson at fort worden state park is looking for more information on erradication techniques. Excellent as a lawn substitute. Sedum gold carpet common name stonecrop a ground hugging stonecrop the notched succulent foliage travels in whorls along arching stems ending with perfect rosettes at each tip.

This variety forms a low carpet of tiny succulent green leaves the tips of each stem turning buttery yellow in the spring. Gardeners appreciate golden sedum sedum aldolphii for its low maintenance care and fast spreading form. Also a good choice for tubs and mixed containers. In my 1 000 square foot backyard i planted golden carpet sedum sedum acre zones 3 8 top left photo facing page a creeping variety that is only 4 inches tall.

Very hardy and drought tolerant sedum acre gold moss is a low growing mat forming evergreen succulent perennial with tangled stems clothed with conical bright green leaves. It has golden yellow flowers in june. Creeping potentilla is another one of our natives which grows in sun to moderate shade. Because the stems break easily your sedum lawn substitute may end up looking like a war zone with smashed plants and stems and leaves hither and thither.

It has fleshy toothed green leaves brighter than p. The low growing varieties of sedum perform very well as groundcover but in heavy use areas they suffer a less than pleasing effect. The plant has padded evergreen leaves that are yellow with pink or red tips. It displaces moss crusts and native species such as lomatium nudicaule and artemesia campestris.