17 Top Sedums
Enjoy these ultra-easy, low-water plants in your garden.
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A fantastic newer selection, 'Purple Emperor' came from England and offers very dark purple foliage crowned by clusters of pink flowers in summer.
Name: Sedum 'Purple Emperor'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 15 inches tall
Zones: 3-7
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its upright habit and dramatic purple foliage.
Hailing from Japan, this foliage offers gray-green leaves and pinkish purple flowers in early fall.
Name: Sedum cauticola
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 2 inches tall
Zones: 5-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its tiny silvery-blue foliage.
An evergreen ground cover, Sedum acre offers dark green, finely textured leaves accented by yellow flowers in summer.
Name: Sedum acre
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 2 inches tall
Zones: 4-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its fast growth and nice texture.
Favored for its bright foliage, 'Ogon' is especially eye-catching and easy to grow. The yellow flowers appear in summer, but take a backseat to the foliage.
Name: Sedum makinoi 'Ogon'
Growing Conditions: Partial shade and well-drained soil
Size: to 3 inches tall
Zones: 6-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its bright foliage and shade tolerance.
This sedum has great foliage and beautiful pink flowers in late summer.
Name: Sedum 'Frosty Morn'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 12 inches tall
Zones: 3-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its white-variegated, blue-green foliage. It mixes well with just about everything in the garden.
A great ground cover, this sedum grows fast to smother out weeds. It offers silvery foliage and yellow flowers in summer.
Name: Sedum spathulifolium
Growing Conditions: Full sun or part shade and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 5-9
Native to North America: Yes
Why We Love It: For its fast growth and silvery foliage.
A graceful and charming plant, Sedum sieboldii offers blue-green leaves that are often tinted purple. They look great against the clusters of pink flowers that appear in autumn.
Name: Sedum sieboldii
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 6-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its evergreen foliage that turns pink in winter.
Despite its big name, this little sedum from Siberia is a great garden plant bearing deep green leaves and golden-yellow flowers in late summer.
Name: Sedum kamtschaticum
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 3-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its fast, reliable growth.
This beauty mixes well in almost any garden thanks to its purple foliage and pink flowers in late summer.
Name: Sedum 'Vera Jameson'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 12 inches tall
Zones: 4-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its purple foliage that adds great color and texture to the garden all season.
An easy-care plant that makes a statement, 'Angelina' has bright golden foliage that turns orange in fall.
Name: Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 6-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its bold golden foliage.
Add an extra dose of color to your rock garden or borders with this variegated sedum; each green leaf is edged in pink and white.
Name: Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 3-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its variegated foliage.
One of the more popular sedum ground covers, 'Dragon's Blood' is evergreen and offers deep purple leaves and pinkish purple blooms in late summer.
Name: Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 4-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its dramatic purple foliage.
A relatively uncommon variety, this sedum has fine foliage and forms a low mat. It erupts in a mass of yellow blooms in the summer.
Name: Sedum grisebachii
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 5-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its great texture and ease of growing.
We're partial to plants with silvery-blue foliage, so 'Blue Spruce' is a favorite. The blue color of the foliage is a great accent to the yellow summertime blooms.
Name: Sedum rupestre 'Blue Spruce'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 6-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its beautiful blue leaves.
'Rosy Glow' offers attractive blue-green foliage all season long and is topped with ruby-purple flowers in late summer and early fall.
Name: Sedum 'Rosy Glow'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 8 inches tall
Zones: 3-9
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For the pairing of the flower and foliage color. The plant is easy to make fun combinations with.
A great ground cover, 'John Creech' forms a dense mat and is decorated with pinkish purple flowers in summer.
Name: Sedum spurium 'John Creech'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 2 inches tall
Zones: 3-8
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its small, finely textured foliage and dense, weed-smothering habit.
'Elizabeth' is a charming variety that offers red-touched, blue-green foliage that turns red in fall. It offers red blooms throughout the summer.
Name: Sedum spurium 'Elizabeth'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: to 4 inches tall
Zones: 3-8
Native to North America: No
Why We Love It: For its long bloom season (it may bloom from May to August!).
