Jenny's Stonecrop (Petrosedum rupestre subsp. rupestre 'Blue Spruce')

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb Cactus/Succulent
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	10 inches
Plant Spread:	space 8-12 inches apart
Flower Color:	Yellow
Flower Time:	Spring Summer
Suitable Locations:	Xeriscapic
Uses:	Groundcover Suitable for miniature gardens
Resistances:	Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile Other info: Can be propagated by seed.
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem Cuttings: Leaf Division
Pollinators:	Self Moths and Butterflies Flies Bees

Common names

Jenny's Stonecrop
Crooked Stonecrop

Botanical names

Accepted: Petrosedum rupestre subsp. rupestre
Synonym: Sedum rupestre
Synonym: Sedum reflexum

Also sold as:

Blue Feather

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2021-06-10
3 y.o. plant survived 2º-9ºF frigid temps in Texas Feb. 2021 wi

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2022-04-29
Comeback 1.3 yrs out from our 100-yr snow/ice storm in Texas Feb.

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2024-03-31
From many cuttings/dropped pieces on ground. Gets little sun, so

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Location: Fairfax, VA - My gift to Jooshewa ;-)

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Location: Central Illinois
Date: 8/28/2018

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2016-01-06
Foliage covered with frost.

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Location: Edinburg, Texas | June, 2023
Date: 2023-06-28

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Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2017-06-22
#Pollination

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-17

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Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2017-08-28
Petrosedum 'Blue Spruce'

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Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2020-02-12
February color

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Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2020-03-28
Love the March color

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Location: Beautiful Tennessee
Date: Summer 2013
Blue Spruce???

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Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2014-06-22

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2016-06-27

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2016-06-28

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Location: Bay Area California
Date: December 2021
Winter color and form.

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2020-07-23
2nd year potted outdoor plant getting sun most of othe day. Has

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Location: Fairfax, VA | November, 2023
Date: 2023-12-09

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2015-07-06

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Location: Salem, Oregon
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Location: Central Kansas (Zone 6b)
Date: 2014-06-29
Receives full sun all day

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Location: Beautiful Tennessee
Date: May 15, 2014
May color

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Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek

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Date: 2016-08-21
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Location: Thomson,Ga.
Date: 2013-02-17
by Feb. the S.rupestre 'blue spruce' had changed colors and you c

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Location: Thomson,Ga.
first planted in bed before the weather turned cold.

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Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2015-02-10

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Location: Thomson,Ga.
Date: 2013-04-17
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Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-07-11

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Comments:

Posted by sedumzz (Fairfax VA - Zone 7a) on Dec 8, 2021 2:35 PM concerning plant:

Perhaps one of the easiest Petrosedum to propagate. Does fine with me chopping its head off and just sticking it into gravel.

This is the type of petrosedum that "Grows upward until it inevitably falls over".

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Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Mar 4, 2010 4:49 AM concerning plant:

This plant is productive and easy to propagate. In summer it has a beautiful blue/green color. It does well in our wet season in PNW

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Posted by LuvNature (M'boro, (Middle)TN (Zone 6b)) on Sep 16, 2010 12:03 AM concerning plant:

I agree with Lynn's comments on this plant. I have seen mine with water standing in it for several days without any harm to the plant.

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