Sedum furfuraceumMoran
Bonsai Sedum
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : SempervivoideaeTribe : SedeaeGenus : Sedum
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The specific name " furfuraceum " ( label pelt - fur - AH - see - um ) means " scurfy " and refers to the scurfy coating on the leaves of this coinage .
Sedum furfuraceumis native toMexico . It occurs in San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato , rise on rock on true pine - cover hillsides at about 6,890 feet ( 2,100 m ) above sea grade .
Sedum furfuraceumis a low - growing succulent with dark green , egg - shaped farewell covered in scurfy , whitish graduated table and arranged in soused whorls of five around prostrate to climb up , sparsely branching stem . It can grow up to 6 in ( 15 cm ) tall , spreading easy to 1 understructure ( 30 cm ) encompassing or more . The leaves can appraise up to 0.45 in ( 1.1 cm ) long and 0.25 inches ( 0.6 cm ) in diameter . They are often reddish - purple in bright lightness . The lower leaves change by reversal a carmine - orangeness hue and later overlook off to peril compact , misrepresented , gray - bloodless stems .
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The flower are whitish to purplish - red , star - shape , 5 - merous , appear solitary or in cluster of three at the end of the limb in former spring , and last for about ten day .
USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
When growingSedums , keep in mind that these plants need very picayune attention or care . They flourish in conditions many other industrial plant thrive in but will do just as well in less hospitable areas . They are ideal for that part of your yard that get too much Dominicus or too little water to grow anything else . Sedum ’s common name is Stonecrop because many gardeners joke that only Stone require less aid and hold up longer .
Sedumis easily planted . For shorter varieties , laying the planton the flat coat where you want it to develop is usually enough to start the plant there . The industrial plant will send out roots from wherever the root word touches the ground and rootle itself . If you would care to ensure further that the plant will start there , you may tally a very thin covering ofsoilover the industrial plant .
For taller varieties , you could break off one of the stems and crowd it into the earth where you want to develop it . The stem will settle very well , and a newfangled plant life will be established in a season or two .
Learn more atHow to raise and Care for Sedum .
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