PlantFiles Pictures: Variegated Sedum,Striped Sedum 'Mediovariegatum' (Sedum alboroseum), 1 by Happenstance

Happenstance wrote:
Morning Roshana -

I think a lot of people get discouraged with the BIG sedum varieties because they are so huge and do tend to flop over. Same thing goes for some of the tall Dahlias and other perennials that take on that totally messy look and out come the shears about mid-summer.

There is a solution.....I've tried the staking - the stakes look worse than floppy plants; I've tried the twig brush shoved under plants - works for short bushy things, but not Sedum; I've tried the twine thing and stakes - by the time you need twine, it's really too late.

The ultimate solution requires an investment over time, but is a fool-proof way of solving the "I've flopped over and can't get up" problem.

Here's a link to the plant supports that really work:
http://kinsmangarden.com/p/fullpage.php?page=68&session=1090...
And a link to the home page for the Kinsman Company online Catalog:
http://kinsmangarden.com/index.php?session=1090256

I'm sure other things like chicken wire with rebar legs could be adapted to accomplish the same thing.

Didja know that many of the more popular Sedums got a new name a few years ago? Attached is an image of my Hylotelephium spectabile 'Meteor' - it's big too, looks like 'Autumn Joy'(real name 'Herbstfreude'), supposed to have pink flowers, but mine is more lavendar/rose.

This message was edited Apr 29, 2005 1:01 PM