Sedum Dragon S Blood Red Carpet

Create a charismatic carpet of changing colors with dragon s blood sedum.

Sedum dragon s blood red carpet.

Creeping sedum sedum spurium stretches the term thrives on neglect to its horticultural limits. Rock gardens borders edging under shady trees and steep banks will come alive with carefree color of the creeping red sedum. In the fall leaves turn maroon and persist through much of the winter. Growing only 4 to 6 inches tall the succulent green leaves are edged in dark cranberry and covered with vivid red starry flowers in late summer.

Fulda glow is an improved variety of dragon s blood sedum that sports attractive bronze red foliage all season long. Dragon s blood sedum is an easy to grow evergreen sedum that has green leaves and red flowers in the summer. Place these hardy northern nursery grown divisions about 1 apart. The variegated form called tricolor is attractive during the summer.

Red leaved creeping sedum cultivars red carpet and dragon s blood handle climates across. A long time favorite sedum spurium dragon s blood stonecrop is a mat forming evergreen perennial with fleshy rounded bright green leaves adorned with burgundy on the edges deepening to bronze red in summer before changing to brilliant red in fall.