Dragon's Blood Stonecrop is a dense mat-forming evergreen succulent with fleshy scalloped bright green foliage earn burgundy margins that spread through until they are completely bronze red then change to brilliant red in fall and winter. Clusters of tiny rose star-shaped flowers dust the plant in late summer. Grows best in full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils. Drought and heat tolerant once established.
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Origins: |
Caucasus Range, Iran, Turkey |
Height: |
- 0.5’ |
Spread: |
1’ - 1.5' |
Spacing: |
1’ |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
4 - 9 |
Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Pink |
Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Watch for slugs and snails. Scale might be a problem.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Xeriscape Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Hen and Chicks, Fescue, Shasta Daisy
IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Sedum spurium Dragons Blood 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) cultivar413, 180411 014 Waterwise Botanicals - Echeveria harmsii ‘Ruby Slippers’, x Graptoveria 'Opalina' perhaps, Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood', Senecio mandraliscae, CC BY 2.0, (3) Gail Frederick, Sedum Spurium "Dragon's Blood", (4) photoset by Patrick Standish, (1) Dragon's Blood Sedum, (2) Dragon's Blood Sedum in Bloom
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.