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Sedum kamtschaticum
Stonecrop
| Family |
| Crassulaceae |
| Genus |
| Sedum |
| Species |
| kamtschaticum |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 7b - 8a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 7 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -15 - (-9) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 5 - 15 |
| Height |
| up to 15 cm |
| Spread |
| 15 - 45 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
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| Landscape |
| Plant in rock gardens, borders or as a ground cover. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in moist, well-draining, humus-rich slightly acidic to neutral soil in full sun to partial shade. |
| Shape |
| Clumping. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Habitat |
| Partially shady woodlands and shrublands. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Smooth, waxy glaborous leaf stems. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Pinnate simple flower buds that grow in terminal panicles at the tip of leaf stems. |
| Leaf Description |
| Simple lanceolate-pinnate leaves that grow in loose whorls upward along leaf stems. Leaves have a slightly shiny and waxy appearance. |
| Flower Description |
| Simple 5 - 6-petaled flowers that grow in terminal panicles at the end of leaf stems. The flowers have defined pistils that grow outward. The petals are lanceolate-pinnate. |
| Colour Description |
| Medium green foliage and stems. Flower buds are yellow-green with a tinge of red at the apex. Flowers are pale yellowish-green throughout. |
| Texture Description |
| Smooth and waxy. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Fanshawe College Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Simple tip cuttings stuck directly in the garden at anytime during the active growing season, or by division of clumps. |
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