Sedum ordinary - not so ordinary plant, but very exotic.
The sedum is called still ""hare cabbage"", and it has the mass of versions. It is succulent, that is it gathers water supplies in leaves, and thanks to it can survive in the droughty area.
Hare cabbage – undersized plant, biannual or long-term. Thermophilic grades in frigid climate grow up as one-year. And pochvopokrovny – perennials.
Types of sedum
The sedum ordinary includes two grades: Linda Windsor and Matron. It differs in upright stalk above which in July light pink florets asterisks appear. Against the background of blue-green foliage they look perfectly.
Sedum visible – srednerosly, up to 50 cm, with lilac-pink star-shaped colors and toothed leaves.
The sedum purple – perennial, is from 20 to 65 cm high, to direct stalks and umbellate flowers of light pink or purple color (the fertile soil, the is brighter color).
Sedum caustic – plant with branchy stalk, up to 10 cm. Toothed leaves and inflorescences of golden-yellow color give it exotic look. However it so strongly extends that can serve bad service and to become the real weed against which it is necessary to fight.
The sedum white differs in creeping stalks on which reddish, purple or pink leaflets cylinders and white flowers of 12 cm in size grow - it is very effective plant!
Sedum false – winter-hardy, with creeping stalks and creeping rhizome. Beautiful leaves are similar to rose buds, over them in May pink umbrellas blossom.
Morgan's sedum – thermophilic, is grown up as room ornamental plant. Wild-growing meets in Mexico, covering with dense carpet the big areas of the earth. At this look interesting fleshy light green leaves of oval form, pink flowers. This plant is poisonous therefore it needs to be held far away from children and animals.
Evers's sedum – compact and beautiful bush with reddish stalks and heart-shaped leaflets and also with the large inflorescences growing at dense cap. In frame of toothed foliage it looks very brightly.
Sedum Kamchatka – perennial which well breeds thanks to creeping rhizome. It densely covers the soil, decorating garden yellow-orange with flowers.
The sedum unbent is beautiful as during blossoming, so before and after it – its awl-shaped bluish-green leaves are so good. Also it is good the fact that it begins to blossom in the early spring.
Zibold's sedum – room succulent which beautifully hangs down from cachepot. Leaves at it blue-green, flowers bright pink or crimson. It is fine house flower.
How to put sedum
Succulents love the stony soil, however very much praise on its nutritiousness, and in the good earth grow at more magnificent and better blossom. Therefore it is important to pick up the correct structure of the soil, fertilizing it ashes, and facilitating the heavy soil addition of sand and pebble.
Sedum seeds just pour out in the early spring on the damp earth, without powdering. Then cover with film and put during cold for two weeks. After that the container is put on light, to the warm place, and waited before emergence of shoots. It can take a month more. And only after that it is possible to grow up seedling and to seat it into place.
Therefore gardeners prefer reproduction by cherenkovaniye – it is much simpler. It is only worth tearing off leaf or part of plant, several hours "to dry" it, and then to thrust to the damp soil. It will very quickly take root, and then it can be landed into place.
Landing is also justified by division of rhizome: the maternal plant is divided so that on each part there were growth points, process cuts fungicides and transplanted on new places.