General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Cactus/Succulent
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Leaves: Other: succulent
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Showy Stonecrop
  • Butterfly Stonecrop
  • Orphine
  • Live-Forever
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hylotelephium spectabile
  • Synonym: Sedum spectabile
  • Synonym: Sedum spectabile var. angustifolium
  • Synonym: Hylotelephium spectabile var. angustifolium
  • Synonym: Sedum pseudospectabile

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Location: Fairfax, VA | September, 2023
Date: 2023-08-26
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-08-25
Location: Iowa
Date: 2017-08-26
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Pinehurst, NC (Succulent garden)
Date: September 14, 2022
Autumn joy #110 nn; LHB p.459, 89-1-2; MBG, "Genus name probably
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-08-28
Location: Fairfax, VA | September, 2023
Date: 2023-08-26
'Neon' cross
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-08-30
Not quite in bloom yet.
Photo by skopjecollection
Location: Paris, France
Date: 18/09/15

Date: 2020-06-18
Large patch, growing in a concrete jardiniere
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-09-05
Photo by ljones26
Photo by ljones26
Location: Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Cat On August 22, 2014 Obtained plant
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