Showy Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy'

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designart Schwenksville, PA(Zone 6a) Feb 09, 2005

Showy Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum

Sedum 'Autumn Joy' in October, Montgomery County, PA

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Feb 09, 2005

That's a wonderful picture, SG! I've often wondered if the reddish color is more likely in hotter climates. Mine always seems to be a deep fuchsia pink.

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designart Schwenksville, PA(Zone 6a) Feb 09, 2005

Thanks for the comments weez...this is the only time I think this plant is attractive, the actual pinkish blooms in late summer are not very exciting. But I must be the weird one, because everyone in my area just loves this plant!!!

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Feb 10, 2005

I'm a sucker for all sedums. I like this one best before it blooms... when it first comes up and forms that lovely round clump. After that, mine tends to flop a bit... perhaps my cool wet summers.

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designart Schwenksville, PA(Zone 6a) Feb 10, 2005

I do like the ground cover sedums. I purchased a few variegated sedums that were beautiful but we didn't have enough sun and they just died out. I'm a sucker for ground covers!

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Feb 10, 2005

Yes, the sedum like sun. I've got Autumn Joy in a couple spots with dappled sunlight, and it comes back every year, but I don't seem to get blooms.

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designart Schwenksville, PA(Zone 6a) Feb 10, 2005

Weez...just looked at one of your threads of your home and property (View from the dining room). You have a beautiful place, you must feel like you are in heaven!

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Feb 10, 2005

Right now I feel like I live in a defrosting freezer! I was thinking of your shady ground cover issue. Your summers may be too hot, but here I can fill in shadier spots with lamium. There are some wonderful cultivars.

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designart Schwenksville, PA(Zone 6a) Feb 10, 2005

I LOVE Lamium!!! We frequently have problems with too much moisture in the summer and the plants dying out. Sometimes they return the following spring but often they are just gone. Contractor's don't like to plant it for this very reason.

Another ground cover I love is Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry). I need to find some and start a small colony. I have never seen it growing in a garden, only in my books. I don't think it would survive in your zone.

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Feb 10, 2005

Yes, I believe bunchberry grows wild here, usually under the spruce trees... not much of anything else does! http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1103/index.html

The species type lamium maculatum is pretty tough and might tolerate dry conditions better than some. Cultivars are always more delicate. http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/lam/lamma/

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