#stonecrops

[rattyexplores]

Mother-of-Millions

Kalanchoe delagoensis

20/03/23 - NSW

[muttball]

Stonecrops in the sun

[geopsych]

Detail from the front garden.

[larkoneironaut]

•Flowers of the Veilguard•

🪨Stonecrop🪨

A sort-of-wallpaper/lockscreen series with each companion and the flower that fits them best, imo

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 17 August 2024

Growing on this stone wall in Stromness, Orkney was Sedum spurium (Caucasian stonecrop, crimson stonecrop, large fringed stonecrop). This is a vigorous, mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with fleshy leaves on a spreading, rooting stems. The flowers are produced in late summer being pink or white in colour.

Jill Raggett

[vandaliatraveler]

Second day of fall along Muddy Creek at the historic Virginia Iron Furnace near Albright, West Virginia.

[indigrassy]

Work those angles

[flowerishness]

Sedum spectabile (butterfly stonecrop var: 'Brilliant')

The butterfly stonecrop is a reliable late-summer/early-fall bloomer. At this time of year they face less competition from other flowers and, I assure you, all the local bees are paying a lot of attention to this beautiful, pink variety, 'Brilliant'.

[spinus-pinus]

Sierra Stonecrop Sedum obtusatum

7/24/2022 Sierra National Forest, California

[silversiren1101]

The fat lil bumblebees from my pollinator garden today ✨️🐝

[dailybotany]

Rhodiola rosea - roseroot

Found on cliffs, ledges, and sea-beaches in Arctic and sub-Arctic/boreal regions, this plant is threatened in several countries and is listed by CITES in Appendix II (not necessarily threatened/endangered, but requiring trade regulation to avoid "utilization incompatible with their survival).

In recent years, populations have shrunk dramatically as the herbal medicine market has increased demand for Rhodiola rosea to "treat" a wide variety of ailments, despite the fact that mild anti-anxiety/stress effects are the only effects that have received any support from peer-reviewed studies (source). Supply for this market is entirely sourced through wild harvest and is the greatest threat this species currently faces.

[pnwnativeplants]

"The cuteness of spreading stonecrop is primarily due to its teeny, round, pudgy, succulent leaves. The leaves are stemless (sessile) and arranged on opposite sides of the stalk. 

They stay green all year—unless they are stressed, when they turn red or maroon. 

They look good enough to eat—like a vegetative gumdrop—and Pojar and Mackinnon tell us that, indeed, the leaves can be eaten!"

[faguscarolinensis]

Sedum x 'Little Miss Sunshine' / 'Little Miss Sunshine' Stonecrop at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[duvalpete]

Cold Spring. April 2024.

[nncastle]

Went to the Stonecrop plant sale yesterday and picked up some cool plants. The woods were magical. Love this place.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 12 September 2023

This garden dry stone wall hosts a number of Sedum species including the grey foliaged Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco' (spoon-leaved stonecrop). The fleshy rosettes are silver-grey in winter becoming blue-grey in summer, overlaid with a white bloom which intensifies with drought.

Jill Raggett