ORPINE FAMILY 



The genus Sedumxmmhers about one hundred and fifty species, 

 of which thirty are within the limits of the United States. Any 

 rock garden can successfully use the wild Sedums of its locality; 

 all the species are good cover plants, and many bloom abimdantly. 



Of cultivated Sedums, probably 

 Sedum here, Stonecrop, Wall Pepper, 

 Love Entangle, is the species most 

 commonly used. It is native to Eng- 

 land and well known to the people, 

 as its three names testify. The bar- 

 ren stems are creeping and branched, 

 two or three inches long; the leaves 

 small, crowded; the flowers yellow, 

 starry, half an inch across in forked 

 cymes. Much used for edging and 

 carpeting, as it will thrive in poor 

 soil. There is a variety that in spring 

 shows yellow leaves; these usually 

 change to green in midsummer. 



Sedum stolonlferum, from Asia 

 Minor, makes an admirable ground 

 cover three to four inches thick, brightened by clusters of rose- 

 pink flowers. The fleshy leaves at first seem whorled, but as 

 the stem lengthens they become alternate. 



Showy Sedum, Sedum specthMle, is a favorite both for its foliage 

 and its flowers, which vary from rose to purple. It varies greatly 

 in habit, foliage, and inflorescence ; blooms in September or later, 

 and is believed to be a native of Japan. 



Sedum ternatum, a species found in rocky woods from 

 New England to the Mississippi, does very well in the rock 

 garden. The leaves are flat; the lower whorled in threes, 

 wedge-obovate; the upper scattered, oblong. The cyme is three- 

 spiked, leafy, and the petals white. It is a typical example of 

 the genus. 



There is a group of succulent herbs with thick and fleshy leaves 

 which are used with the Sedums as bedding plants. They appear 



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Stonecrop. SHum cicre 



