Beginner Gardening: using Sedum as a groundcover - a living mulch?, 1 by monkapotamus

monkapotamus wrote:
I planted sedum 'angelina' as a ground cover last year and so far it is working out beautifully. It spread out quickly, survived the winter, drought tolerant, blocks most of the weeds, and I like the look. This year I got a several little plants of smaller, denser ones to see which of them hold up the best before I invest in buying a whole bunch of them..one is one of the sedum 'acres' and one is called 'grisebachii'. I like that it is lower and denser, but so far it grows a LOT more slowly than the 'angelina'. I have a very little yard and eventually want to get rid of the grass all together and just plant things that I can get a bit more excited about.

There is a company called 'stepables' that sells several nice varieties, but they're pricey. I'm looking at 'green roof' companies that sell them to see if they're more reasonable. There's someone on e-bay that sells sedum seeds, but I'm a new-ish gardener and don't always do so well with seed starting.

I'd love to see your results!