Sedum spurium `Dragon’s Blood’
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Growth Habit:
Slow Spreading
Max Height:
4"
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
We sell this plant in these containers:
Special Characteristics
Features
Brilliant red midsummerborne flowers are borne above the purplish bronze semievergreen foliage--that becomes deep bronze to scarlet by autumn.
Landscape Value
Small to moderate scale ground cover, accent, edging, or companion. Very drought resistant.
Care
Watering:
'Dragon's Blood' Sedum is very drought tolerant and typically only needs watering during the hottest days of summer.
Fertilizing:
'Dragon's Blood' Sedum needs little fertilizer, but benefits from a single springtime or fall topdressing (about 1 inch deep) of organic compost or well rotted leaves. Alternatively, a springtime application of a slow release fertilizer with a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet.
Pruning:
'Dragon's Blood' Sedum should be enjoyed all winter long, then, during early April before it begins to grow again, it should be pruned or mowed back to ground level.