Sedum kamtschaticum*

*renamed Phedimus kamtschaticus

Orange stonecrop is a low-growing, clump-forming succulent ground cover with bright, semi-evergreen, scalloped leaves. Clusters of starry, yellow flowers appear in spring and slowly age to bronze. Autumn red foliage color is very attractive.

Easy to grow in full sun in well-drained soil. A perfect candidate for living roofs, stone walls, containers and troughs. Deer, rabbit, and drought resistant.

Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society

Zones: 4 to 9

Family: Crassulaceae

Type: Perennial

Height: 6 to 8 in.

Spread: 10 to 12 in.

Exposure: full sun to part-shade

Soil Conditions: dry, average

Bloom Time: August to September

Bloom Color: orange-yellow

Native Range: northern China and along the Pacific coast of Siberia including the Kamchatka Peninsula

Image Credits:

• Image 1 (blooms) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
• Image 2 (foliage) Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons