Golden Carpet Sedum Lawn

Gardeners appreciate golden sedum sedum aldolphii for its low maintenance care and fast spreading form.

Golden carpet sedum lawn.

Golden carpet sedum is the most shade tolerant. Tiny golden star flowers appear in early summer. 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. A fast grower this is best kept away from slower alpine plants that it might smother.

Excellent as a lawn substitute. Small clusters of tiny star shaped bright yellow flowers adorned with protruding stamens bloom just above the foliage throughout most of the summer. The plant has padded evergreen leaves that are yellow with pink or red tips. Lovely in a combination container with other succulents.

Birds and rodents can become a problem in a sedum lawn too. In my 1 000 square foot backyard i planted golden carpet sedum sedum acre zones 3 8 top left photo facing page a creeping variety that is only 4 inches tall. Sedum acre is aggressivly invading coastal strand plant communities in washington state. Creeping potentilla is another one of our natives which grows in sun to moderate shade.

This variety forms a low carpet of tiny succulent green leaves the tips of each stem turning buttery yellow in the spring. Starry yellow flowers begin in late spring. Also a good choice for tubs and mixed containers. 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.

Sedum gold carpet is a low growing stonecrop perfect for tucking into rock gardens. 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. The low growing varieties of sedum perform very well as groundcover but in heavy use areas they suffer a less than pleasing effect. A community effort to remove sedum acre from point wilson at fort worden state park is looking for more information on erradication techniques.

It has fleshy toothed green leaves brighter than p. Vigorous sedum acre spreads quickly and can be used to create a. It displaces moss crusts and native species such as lomatium nudicaule and artemesia campestris. It has golden yellow flowers in june.