Stonecrop

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Northern Japan

Location

Heasley Rock Garden

Source of plant

Alpenglow Gardens, The Plantsmen

Description

Very like H. sieboldii but with leaves opposite on short petioles, stems more lax, 10-12cm high forming a bushy habit. Stems to 30cm long, procumbent, red-brown. Leaves rounded to spathulate, slightly crenate, strongly blue-grey pruinose with reddish-purple margins. Flowers open pinkish-magenta, aging to carmine-rose, held in crowded, leafy cymes, effective in August and September.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

flowering season, notable texture