Sedum is a succulent plant that is resistant to drought. Follow the advice of Roland Motte, our gardener, to install it in the garden.
Sedums are very easy to grow and will withstand our increasingly dry summers. Roland Motte, the gardener of France Bleu Lorraine and France Bleu Besançon, advises you to water them well!
The large sedum family
Sedums are succulents that belong to the Crassulaceae family. There are nearly 400 species, mainly in the northern hemisphere. Sedums, also called stonecrop, are rockery plants, even small shrubs. They will store water in their leaves and their flowers are star shaped. They are of course drought tolerant. This is why we are going to use them on the surface of a pot, or on a green roof.
The garden stonecrop, sedum spectabilis, gives it fairly high stems of 50 cm ending in the flower stalk. The leaves are bluish green and very fleshy. The flowers are pink to red in color and are very, very honeyed. They attract bees. The flowers appear from summer. They are initially a little green. And then they will open up and then they will blossom until practically the beginning of autumn.
– Roland Motte
How to plant sedums?
Orpins can be planted in pots. They like full sun, on one condition, and above all, it is to drain them well. Don’t forget to put clay balls in the bottom of the pot so that the water can drain easily. They need to have dry roots. Dry roots, you’ll tell me it’s a bit contradictory, but you have to water them well when planting. Why ? Because its leaves have to fill up with water. So don’t hesitate to water.
At the beginning of winter, you can either cut the stems flush, quite simply, or leave them so that they are very pretty with the frost and you will then cut them from the spring. Stonecrop or sedum are very easy plants to grow, provided there is full sun. After you let them do it, it grows on its own.
– Roland Motte
Find Roland Motte on France Bleu Lorraine and France Bleu Besançon and on his site www.rolandmotte.fr.