| Description | Fire G/ow Sedum (Phedimus spurium) is a ground cover Sedum with red orange leaves. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry, drought tolerent |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained, avoid wet soggy soils |
| Flowers | crimson flowers, borne on densely packed cymes, 5 petals and sepals |
| Leaves | red orange, succulent leaves |
| Stems | semi-evergreen, prostrate with ascending tips, root where they touch the soil |
| Dimensions | 4 inches tall spread over a foot space 12 inches on center |
| Maintenance | As a ground cover plant it is hard to weed around. The stems intertwine, they are easily broken and clumps of the plant are pulled out as the weeds are pulled. (take the clump and jam it back into the soil, it quickly regrows. Remove green stems |
| Propagation | easy by rooting stems, division |
| Misc Facts | The genus name is derived from the Latin word "sedo" which means to sit. The common name Stone Crop refers to the plants ability to grow on stony ledges. |
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