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May 10, 2023 5:53 PM CST
Name: Katy
Clovis, New Mexico, USA (Zone 7a)
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HeidiColorado said: Hi all!

I was hoping we could have a general thread for SunSparkler sedum reviews here! Mainly because I'm tired of searching for each individual one! Hilarious!


I'd love it if you would share your Sunsparkler reviews here! Pros, cons, companion plants, or any thoughts would be very much appreciated. Lovey dubby


Intro: I get plants at Lowes because I am not a fan of shipping costs. I also like to see and feel the plants before I buy them. So must of my sunsparkler sedums are whatever they had at Lowes (I live in a small town and have only Lowes to choose from).

I have sunspakler Lime zinger (like you) and also sunsparkler Cherry Tart, and Sunsparkler Dazzleberry.

I live in a desert environment (zone 7 without the water) and (so far) have found that Artemesia like Powis Castle is a beautiful companion plant. it is gray, tall and ferny. It can stand semi-shade as well, and in this environment, I need to plant many plants in semi-shade. As companions, I also have Hummingbird mint (my favorite is Tango which is orange and pink together) and a short type of Russian Sage. I have tons of German Iris. Many Dwarf Isis (grown as a ground cover), but most have had their flowers and are just background green plants by late spring. I also have roses. Often just simple natural roses. Somehow roses do well in deserts. Other plants are Hellen Von Stein Staches Byzantium (big ear lambs ear), Knifofia, dwarf prickly pears, and sempervivums. I am trying ice plants this year 2023 as well).

The cherry pie is deep cherry red by fall. Very nice next to the grey green or lime green plants. The Dazzleberry is a smokey blue-green-grey. I am not sure which I like the most. I made the Cherry Pie a "star" while I put the Dazzleberry in the rear, but I wonder if I was just underwhelmed when first seeing it. The color is very chameleon like. Lime Zinger is Lime Zinger. It is more underwhelming. It has a little edge of red that can be forgotten. It is a great space filler but It did not hold up as far as being a game changer. I also have tiny two row sedum called "Purple carpet" which fills in holes in the garden. I'm more impressed by how fast it covers an area (thus keeps weeds out) than its color. It's an 8/10. In more shady areas the leaves remain rather small, and where more sun hits them they get larger about tiny fingernail size. I bought a flat of 72 tiny plugs from an Etsy spot. Well worth it if you do not mind 20$ shipping cost. It took forever to plant the plugs.

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