Elizabeth Red Carpet Sedum Plant

Rosy pink flowers appear in mid to late summer.

Elizabeth red carpet sedum plant.

New growth is cherry red in the spring with red margins throughout summer. Sedum spurium elizabeth growing conditions. Butterflies are attracted to the small red star shaped flowers occurring late spring through early summer. Prostrate mats of bronze foliage are topped by pinkish red flowers.

The sedum elizabeth sedum spurium also known as sedum red carpet is a short ground cover that is a little different from the rest. An easy ground cover that brightens up a garden with rich red and copper tones. In the colder months pink tones begin to appear in the foliage and by mid winter dark magenta rosettes are set. Native to north america.

Plants spread easily root where nodes touch the ground. To 4 inches tall. Cut a leaf from a healthy sedum with about 1 2 of stem and plant the stem with the leaf above soil. Elizabeth is a charming variety that offers red touched blue green foliage that turns red in fall.

Seasonably available while supplies last. Occasional deep carmine red flowers. It offers red blooms throughout the summer. Sedum spurium red carpet red carpet aka elizabeth stonecrop red tinged foliage keeps its color throughout the growing season then turns deep burgundy in fall winter.

It blooms in late summer with tiny pink star shaped flowers. Sedum elizabeth needs to be planted in full sun in well drained soil. This forgiving spreader tolerates rocky soil full sun drought and hard frosts. The red carpet sedum has ground hugging form and attractive small succulent rounded foliage.

It will tolerate most soil types and is drought resistant. The foliage is a dark red with green and produces a wonderful fall color. Sedum spurium elizabeth is a vigorous and effective groundcover. Sedum spurium phedimus spurius elizabeth.

Plants are evergreen in warm winter climates. Easily propagated by cuttings or division. It shows its best colors when moderately stressed by full sun and or cold weather. With a height of 3 4 and a spread of 24 its red blooms flower from may to september sedum elizabeth needs to be planted in full sun in well drained soil.

Unlike some sedum cultivars red carpet may be grown from seed.