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Featured
Plant of the Month: Dragon’s Blood Sedum Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’
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Garden Location: Garden Railroad, Oval Garden
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Distinguishing Features: Dragon’s Blood Sedum provides
brilliant winter wonder with its deep burgundy dried flower heads and
contrasting gray stems. Its densely-packed woody stems form a sprawling pattern
which is indicative of its function as a groundcover. In the summer, Dragon's
Blood Sedum has brilliant red flowers (measuring approximately ½" in diameter)
and needle-like leaves that change from green to orange-red in fall. The color
of both the flowers and foliage of Dragon’s Blood Sedum become more intense with
increased exposure to sun.
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Growth and Maintenance: Dragon’s Blood Sedum is a succulent
groundcover that tolerates extreme heat, cold, and poor soil, making it an ideal
specimen for rock and xeric gardens. It reaches 3-8" in height and spreads
quickly. Although it will grow in a variety of conditions, it prefers full sun.
Dragon's Blood Sedum is low-maintenance and does not require pruning.
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Dragon’s Blood Sedum
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Be sure to check out these other purple
pleasures:
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Burning Bush
Euonymus alatus
Demonstration Gardens, The Hudson Residence, The Inn |
Creeping Shrubby Ice Plant
Ruschia pulvinaris
Garden Railroad |
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Oregon Grape Holly
Mahonia aquifolium
Demonstration Gardens, Conifer Grove, Fragrance Garden |
Mottled Stem Dogwood
Cornus alba ‘Gouchaultii’
Parking Lot |
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Wooly Thyme
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
Welcome Garden, Herb Garden, Oval Garden |
Yellow Ice Plant
Delosperma nubigenum
Demonstration Gardens |
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All photos by The Hudson Foundation |
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