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Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Plant Height: 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: Grow in rosettes; leaves change colors from green (in shade); to darkish brown/orange; to intense red when stressed.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Winter
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Cuttings: Leaf
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Graptosedum

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Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-03-01 My blooming succulents.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2023-03-17 Two year old propagations these look great when stressed.
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2021-11-09
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2024-04-16 sunburn
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-07-20 Sunrise pic of sunset plant.
Location: Ontario, Canada Date: January 23, 2021 "Rescue plantlets". Plants grown from leaves recovered from a dam
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-11-25
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-12-18
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-12-18
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-12-30 My succulent's bloom.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-04-10 Sun stressed, newly repotted.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-04-10 Sun stressed and shade, different colors.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-01-23 My California Sunset succulents repotted as rosettes last spring
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-10-09
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-01-23 California sunset in shade has greenish color.
Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023 Date: 2023-04-21
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-02-18 Repotted my last year’s succulents that I planted as rosette. W
Location: Tampa, FL Date: 03/20/2022 Just a succulent sunning itself….
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2023-04-12
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-12-18
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2021-09-18
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8 Date: Mar 15, 2013
Date: 2022-03-22
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2021-08-14
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2023-11-12
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2023-05-19
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-12-18 This is so easy to grow and drought tolerant. The color turns fro
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2021-12-18 From my succulent garden to yours!
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: No. CA zone 9b Date: 2014-10-01 Been holding this color for several months now.
Location: Central Texas Date: 2016-06-28 Photo taken right after a rain. The more sun and less water it ge
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Gilbert, AZ Date: 2/26/17
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-01-23 New chubby offset.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-01-23 Intense color could be a combination of withheld watering and col
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2021-08-14
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: May 2014
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA Date: Oct. 3, 2014
Location: Louisville Date: 2020-03-14
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-01-23 The original mother plant. Decapitated last year. Still growing b
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-01-23 Stems can grow new offsets too.
Location: Gilbert, AZ Date: 3/3/17
Location: Bay Area California Date: December 2021 Vibrant winter colors.
Date: 2014-02-03
Date: 2014-02-03
Date: 2014-02-03
Date: 2014-02-03
Location: Stockton, CA Date: 2014-09-26 I've taken tons of cuttings from this plant. Just chugs right alo
Date: 2021-09-03
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Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
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photo credit: Dinkum
Date: 2014-02-05
Date: 2014-02-05
Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Mar 17, 2013 5:43 PM concerning plant:
    Probably created by California succulent enthusiast and breeder Robert Grim.
    Graptopetalum amethystinum x Sedum adolphi (Squaw Mountain Gardens).
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Plant Events from our members
theinferno On March 29, 2019 Miscellaneous Event
Moved him into my office with new grow lighting.
theinferno On March 24, 2019 Obtained plant
Art Knapp
theinferno On March 24, 2019 Potted up
Is currently living with:

E. elegans
C. volkensii
Kalanchoe tomentosa "Golden Girl"
Water Gem haworthia
H. tessellata
MySecretIslandGarden On March 14, 2023 Bloomed
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