The LSU AgCenter selected lemon sedum as a 2019 Louisiana Super Plant for many reason , but mainly because of its effortless forethought and vigorous growth wont .
The color of this plant ’s leaf is what makes it striking in the landscape painting next to other yearbook and perennial . Lemon sedum is best grown in full sun , like cactus and other succulent plants , and it is both drought- and warmth - tolerant .
Lemon sedum can be purchased in container at greenhouse and garden centers . LSU AgCenter file photo by Allen Owings
The Louisiana Super Plant program is an LSU AgCenter educational and marketing effort that foreground knotty and beautiful industrial plant that perform well throughout the state of Louisiana . Each fountain and fall , AgCenter plantsman announce the Louisiana Super Plants selections for that year . Louisiana Super Plants have a proven track record with many years of reliable performance in Louisiana landscapes or have expire through several years of university rating and observations . see for these plant at local nurseries .
Also jazz as stonecrop , sedums are one of the 50 to 60 families of succulent plant that display thick folio in a diversity of shapes , sizes , color and characteristics . The distinctive leave and stems of succulents can also have a waxy finishing or a dense , hairy leafage coating that help to protect them from drying out in red-hot and ironical climate where they are ordinarily encounter . Their specialised works parts are adapted to retain water system to help them survive . The water that is collected and stored by the plant is what cause the egotistical , overweight feeling of the unlike percentage and contributes to why they stand out among other plants .
Lemon sedum can make an excellent ground cover . LSU AgCenter file cabinet photo by Allen Owings
Because they are adapted to dry soil conditions , sedums require well - drained soils for optimum maturation in containers and in the landscape . Cactus , aloe vera and sedums are popular succulents used both indoors and outdoors in gardens and landscapes for their unique expression .
Lemon sedum expose a fine - textured leaf that is more of a green colour when get in fond shade as opposed to the bright unslaked lime green or chartreuse color that it display in full sun . The name has deceived home gardeners and grower . The plant does not have a lemon scent nor flavor but is only called lemon due to its color .
A variety of sedum species can be regain in nurseries and garden center to apply to create container gardens . Photo by Heather Kirk - Ballard / LSU AgCenter
In Louisiana , lemon sedum is treated as an annual , but it can be cold hardy and grow year - stave in the lovesome areas of the state . Its scummy proportional height , spread growth and mounding habit make it an first-class ground cover to grow over a large area quickly . Plants typically arise 3 to 6 inches in acme and 12 to 24 inches in width . Spaced at 8 to 12 inch apart , they can comprehend a prominent arena cursorily as a ground covering fire .
It also has a setline force in containers and makes an fantabulous specimen for both hanging baskets and for cascading over the side of a hold back wall or rock bulwark . It is also an splendid pick as a bed border plant .
Sedums come in several forms with a variety of color and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe . photograph by Heather Kirk - Ballard / LSU AgCenter
novel plantings are established with rest because the plant life call for trivial soil to grow , and it can be effortlessly started on just a slender layer of grunge among rocks or cracks in paved areas . For this reason , it has been used extensively in xeriscapes and rock garden by homeowners and landscape painting professionals . It can also be easy propagated by using inadequate cut or clippings and sprinkling them over till soil and then breed them lightly with a sandy grime mixture .
sedum have become a voguish addition to the menage and landscape painting for lots of folks . With the many dissimilar eccentric available , sedums can be grouped or set in masses for a salient display in the garden .
Local nurseries and commercial-grade garden stores have a large assortment of sedums to pick out from this time of year , and lemon sedum is promptly available in the Baton Rouge area .
Source : LSU AgCenter ( Heather Kirk - Ballard )
