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Cleaning Up Sedum Plants

Jan 10th 2014

Cleaning Up Sedum Plants
After a season of growth and a long dormant winter, Sedums can be pretty overgrown and ratty looking. To keep them looking their best it may be helpful to prune them back in the early spring.Different varieties of Sedums behave differently during the winter. Some are herbaceous and die back to the ground. Other are deciduous, losing their leaves in winter. Finally, some varieties are evergreen.If you don't give your deciduous and evergreen sedums a haircut they will develop bald spots around the
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Tips to Protect Sempervivum in Winter

Jan 6th 2013

Tips to Protect Sempervivum in Winter
Well, the cold weather had definitely arrived. Snow. Rain. Ice. All that stuff that we expect in January and the reason we are excited for Spring. While we are all bundled up, keeping warm inside, how are our succulents doing outside?There are two different scenarios for cold hardy succulents like sempervivum and sedum that are planted outside. They are either in the ground or in pots. Your care for them might change depending on where yours are.In the Ground Hens and Chicks are native to expose
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How to Plant Sedum Cuttings

Aug 15th 2012

How to Plant Sedum Cuttings
Sedums are one of those indispensable succulents that can find a place in nearly every succulent planter. Here are a few points about sedums that make them winners in any garden. They are very cold hardy. They are drought tolerant. They are rarely bothered by pests. They form an attractive ground cover. They can be used as trailing plants that hang down the sides of containers. There are hundreds of varieties. They are easy to grow.If you have a sedum plant and want to use it in additional pl
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