| Description | Sedum Blue Spruce is a stonecrop blue foliage that looks like the tips of Blue Spruce branches. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | best in full sun where it keeps a tighter form, less sun the floppier the plant |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained, avoid wet |
| Flowers | bright yellow, 6-7 petals, reflexing buds |
| Leaves | looks like "Blue Spruce" foliage, nice blue color, succulent |
| Stems | sprawling stems |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | 6-8 by 12 plus inches (HS) |
| Maintenance | can be cut back to get a more compact plant, do after flowering, bottom part of stems can become bare |
| Propagation | easy by cuttings, many stems will have small roots at the base |
| Native Site | central and western Europe |
| Cultivar Origin | Probably introduced from Flanders in the Middle Ages to Ireland and England as a salad crop. |
| Misc Facts | (syn Sedum reflexum) |
| Author's Notes | This is a very easy Sedum to grow. Can get a bit loose, just prune back. I have grown this plant for over 25 years. |
| Notes & Reference | #96-Sedum Cultivated Stone Crop (Ray Stephenson), #209-The Plant Lovers Guide to Sedums (Brent Horvath) |
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