Golden Carpet Sedum Lawn

It has golden yellow flowers in june.

Golden carpet sedum lawn. Lovely in a combination container with other succulents. It displaces moss crusts and native species such as lomatium nudicaule and artemesia campestris. Starry yellow flowers begin in late spring. Golden carpet sedum is the most shade tolerant.

Small clusters of tiny star shaped bright yellow flowers adorned with protruding stamens bloom just above the foliage throughout most of the summer. Gardeners appreciate golden sedum sedum aldolphii for its low maintenance care and fast spreading form. 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.

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. 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. This variety forms a low carpet of tiny succulent green leaves the tips of each stem turning buttery yellow in the spring. 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.

Creeping potentilla is another one of our natives which grows in sun to moderate shade. The plant has padded evergreen leaves that are yellow with pink or red tips. Flowers are yellow star shaped and appear in loose clusters at the ends of the stems in late. 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 fast grower this is best kept away from slower alpine plants that it might smother. Also a good choice for tubs and mixed containers. 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. The low growing varieties of sedum perform very well as groundcover but in heavy use areas they suffer a less than pleasing effect.

Excellent as a lawn substitute. Birds and rodents can become a problem in a sedum lawn too. Tiny golden star flowers appear in early summer. It has fleshy toothed green leaves brighter than p.