Sedum acre - Stonecrop - Cuttings

Description

• Crassulaceae Saxifragales
• Western half of the Eurasian Continent
• H 10cm x W 30cm
•  Z4 
• Perennial
• Synonyms: Burning Stonecrop, Wall Pepper
• 4 unrooted cuttings
  (roots easily)

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Details

Sedum acre is a small succulent ground cover and carpet-like plant, which is used to populate unattractive rockeries, borders without soil, walls, or for roof greening

It also makes lovely decorative pots, alone or combined with other sedums

Stonecrop survives in the most extreme conditions of heat, aridity, and cold

It quickly forms a tight tuft of permanent greenery, whose soft green color turns to bright chartreuse in strong sunlight, and even takes on orange highlights in situations of extreme stress (drought, heat, salinity, high or low pH, etc. .)

Sedum acre flowers every year in June-July, covered with small bright yellow flowers of the most beautiful effect

Its dried and crushed leaves can be used as a condiment and substitute for pepper

Sedum acre has medicinal properties: Astringent, Hypotensive, Laxative, Rubefacient, Vermifuge, Vulnerary

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Cultivation

Root the cuttings you will receive in a small pot filled with soil, then grow in a pot or in the ground in your garden

You can also plant the cuttings directly in the crevices of a wall by sticking them between the stones, or set them on an area of gravel where it will work wonders

The vegetation of Sedum acre is less beautiful when this plant is not given harsh conditions like absence of soil, sandy and very poor soil or gravel

In fact, the stems lengthen a lot when the living conditions are good, and the aesthetics of the plant decreases

No special care once rooted

Weeding will be unnecessary if grown in the worst conditions