Growing sedum in the garden

Unfortunately, growing sedum Rarely practiced in the garden. More often it is planted in cemeteries, where this ground cover plant turns the burial into a flowering carpet. But in every garden there is an area filled with stones, broken bricks, remnants of tiles, and other debris. Add soil to the niches between the stones and plant sedum. Your pile of garbage will quickly turn into a flower bed. The Purple Carpet sedum is especially good.

Sedum or sedum is perennial plant of the Crassulaceae family, succulent. Growing sedum in the garden will not bring you much trouble. It can grow in sun or partial shade and is drought tolerant, like all succulents. Their massive, long-lasting flowering will decorate any area. Even under the snow they leave in bloom. These plants are excellent honey plants. They are absolutely not picky about soil and watering, but if you fertilize the sedum with humus, it will grow faster and bloom more brightly.

Propagation of sedum seeds. They are sown in open ground before winter. Can be grown by seedlings in the spring, but you will need stratification. In April-March, place the seeds on the surface of moistened soil, in boxes, cover them with glass or polyethylene and place them on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for a couple of weeks. Then place the boxes in the room. Make sure that the soil with the seeds does not dry out, spray it if necessary, and regularly ventilate the resulting mini-greenhouse. Shoots will appear in two to three weeks. When the plants have a pair of true leaves, they can be planted in separate containers.