S. album 
thick waxy, green foliage that colors a splendid burnished red in the 
spring a fast creeper, but can be kept in place by planting it in the poorest 
gravely soil. White foamy flowers cover the whole plant in June. 
S. altissimum 
blue-green foliage growing almost in square form; alternate yellowish 
white flowers on 10” stems blooming in June, July. 
S. Cape Blanco 
This choice and unusual Sedum forms tight, fleshy silvery-frosted rosettes 
with a pinkish cast; yellow flowers in late summer on 3” stems. Plant between 
rocks where it can be viewed at closa range. 
S. cauticolum 
Gives color when you really need it. Brilliant red in early September; 
5” tall, blue gray foliage; growing habit like Sedum sieboldi. In cleaning the 
garden in the spring, it is important that you know where you have planted 
this species, for it can easily be raked out and destroyed. 
S. dasyphyllum 
a very choice Sedum and one of the smallest of the family; glaucous- 
green foliage with a pink cast; pinkish white flowers on 1” stems; blooms in 
June. 
S. kamtschaticum 
a handsome semi-prostrate sedum with thick dark-green leaves; orange 
yellow flowers in July, August on 4” to 6” stems. One of the best for the 
garden it needs space. 
S. middendorffianum 
This is beautiful all year. Shrubby semi-prostate shoots and narrow red- 
rare leaves with yellow flowers on 6” stems; June flowering. 
. nev. 
small rosettes; pale green rather glaucous; 4” - 6” tall, when in flower; 
white flowers in midsummer; does better in semi--shade. 
S. rupestris 
a fast creeper forming a mat; usually glaucous; 6” tall with yellow flow- 
ers; midsummer blooming. 
S. sieboldi 
a very handsome plant with procumbent stems set with rosettes of three 
leaves along the stems. The leaves are dented and flushed red on the edges; 
bright pink flowers in August, September. Plant between rocks to drape, it 
will show to best advantage. Completely dormant in the spring. When culti- 
vating at that time of the year, it can easily be destroyed. 
S. spectabile brilliant 
erect growing with fleshy green leaves; dark brilliant pink flowers in 
September on 12” to 16” stems. 
S. spurium coccineum 
creeping habit; opposite leaves form rosettes; greenish-red which 
develops into flowering 6” stems; rosy flowers, crimson foliage in late summer. 
S. spurium Dragon Blood 
crimson flowers; bronzy-red foliage; late summer flowering. 
SEMPERVIVUM 
Another extensive genus also containing many garden hybrids. Very 
useful to plant in crevices or between rocks. All have pretty rosettes in 
shades of green, glaucous deep shades of red and wine. 
S. arachnoideum 
This is the cobweb sempervivum. Medium sized rosettes covered with 
silky hairs; very pretty and an unusual fast increaser. 
