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BLUE vet: rock gardens 
SEDUM-Stonecrop 
The ones listed here are hardy kinds suitable for rock 
gardens. The stonecrops are of easy cultivation, thriving 
in poor soil and sunny situation. All are of interesting 
habit and make a showy sight. Quite a few are evergreen. 
Acre-Mlnor. Evergreen mats 
of bright green leaves. Yel¬ 
low flowers in summer. l"-2" 
high. 
Alzoon. Yellow to orange flo¬ 
wers in sunnier. Grows 12"-l8" 
high. 
Alberti. Creeping evergreen 2" high. Flowers white 1/2" 
across in early Sumner. 
SEDUM-Acre 
Album. Creeping evergreen mat 3"-6"high. Flowers white in 
midsummer. 
Anopetalum. Creeping evergreen about b" high. Flowers 
yellow 1" across in June and July. In the fall leaves turn 
a pretty bronze. 
Ellacombian. Forms compact clump. Grows b"-8" high, with 
yellow flowers in midsummer. 
Ewersil. One of the pretty sedums with flat blue-gray le¬ 
aves. Flowers rosy violet in late summer. Grows 8"-10" high. 
Hlspanicum. Blue- 
gray foliage forming 
well rounded mats. 
l"-2" high. Flowers 
pinkish white. 
aamchaticum. Semi- 
prostrate stems, b"- 
10" high with orange 
yellow flowers in 
late summer. 
SEDUM-Hispanicum 
Lydium. Evergreen mounds which turn red in cool weather. 
2"-3" high. Flowers white. 
Murale. A red leaved form of Album. 3"“5" high. 
Nevil. Small compact tufts. Pale green leaves in rosettes. 
Flowers white on stems about 3" high. A beautiful laoy ef¬ 
fect when in bloom. Native to the Appalachians. Evergreen. 
Rupestre. Evergreen creeping mats about 3"-4" high. Golden 
yellow flowers in summer. 
Sexangulare. Creeping evergreen mats to 3" high. Flowers 
yellow in summer. 
SEDUM-Sieboldii 
Sieboldil. Admired by some 
as the most beautiful of the 
sedums. Glaucous blue fol¬ 
iage on arching stems b"-lCT 
high; and eaoh one ending 
with a oyme of lavender pink 
flowers in Sept. - Oct. 
Spectabile. Glaucous lea¬ 
ves on stems to 18 " high. 
Flowers pink in Autumn. 
