Golden Carpet Sedum Lawn

Birds and rodents can become a problem in a sedum lawn too.

Golden carpet sedum lawn.

Gardeners appreciate golden sedum sedum aldolphii for its low maintenance care and fast spreading form. Excellent as a lawn substitute. 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. A community effort to remove sedum acre from point wilson at fort worden state park is looking for more information on erradication techniques.

Tiny golden star flowers appear in early summer. Small clusters of tiny star shaped bright yellow flowers adorned with protruding stamens bloom just above the foliage throughout most of the summer. 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.

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. Lovely in a combination container with other succulents. Golden carpet sedum is the most shade tolerant. A fast grower this is best kept away from slower alpine plants that it might smother.

Sedum gold carpet is a low growing stonecrop perfect for tucking into rock gardens. Vigorous sedum acre spreads quickly and can be used to create a. 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. Flowers are yellow star shaped and appear in loose clusters at the ends of the stems in late.

The plant has padded evergreen leaves that are yellow with pink or red tips. It has fleshy toothed green leaves brighter than p. Starry yellow flowers begin in late spring. It has golden yellow flowers in june.

Also a good choice for tubs and mixed containers. Sedum acre is aggressivly invading coastal strand plant communities in washington state. The low growing varieties of sedum perform very well as groundcover but in heavy use areas they suffer a less than pleasing effect. 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.