Sedum suggestions or thoughts?

11 years ago

Please bear with a newbie dumb question. I bought Rainbow Magic Carpet Sedum from QVC (supplier Cottage Farms). They make it sound so easy to plant and maintain. They said we didn't have to dig, just rake up loose debris and lay it down on dirt which I did (mostly). Well this is how I planted it. I trimmed the tile into smaller pieces and spread it out a bit. I watered it like it said to. Anything else? Hubby says the bunnies will chow down on it, but I googled that subject and read that bunnies are not fans of sedum. We have lots of bunnies and other critters.

Thanks.

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purslanegarden

11 years ago

It's usually hard to kill these succulents and sedums. That's why they say, you just need to lay it on the ground and it will grow. However, I still do put a light covering of dirt on them anyway.

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loreleicomal
11 years ago
Can the deer get into it? Because if they can, they'll eat it. I would also try to pull up some of the grass that's between the smaller squares so the sedum doesn't compete with it.
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PKponder TX Z7B
11 years ago
I'm not familiar with that sedum, but I have lots of blue spruce sedum that I can bring to the swap if you'd like. It took a year to get dense enough to crowd out weeds.
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tejas_ruthie
Original Author
11 years ago
@lorelei - We have deer but mostly in the back half of the property. This area is a little too close to the street and mailbox. Maybe they will prove me wrong... hmmm.

@PK - I would love blue spruce sedum because it would fit right into our landscape.

The only thing I have to offer at the moment is agave. (The only other thing I can fathom I might have by 04/18 swap day is homemade Strawberry Bread.) This picture is about 5 years old. The one on the left is the 'mother' and is now easily twice that size (taller than the fence). We ignore this one and it thrives and reproduces.

And now if you're going to tell me that it's not agave but something else, I'm prepared because I've been through it already with a few others. I lump most of this sort of thing under the agave umbrella because I'm not savvy enough to know the difference between them all.
PKponder TX Z7B
11 years ago
That's an agave all right :-)

I don't want anything in return, I have lots of blue spruce sedum and I'll never miss it.

My goal is to return home with much less than I take to the swap. I'm trying something new to me called 'not collecting'.

I think I already have both of those agaves and I bet they are going to get big like yours. One is the size of the one on the right and the others are pups that will grow.
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tejas_ruthie
Original Author
11 years ago
Thank you for the blue spruce sedum. Since I'm learning I better not take too much. We have lots of areas to plant it but I'm afraid being so new I may kill it and then I would feel awful, so a smaller amount while I'm learning.
PKponder TX Z7B
11 years ago
The squirrels tear mine up occasionally and I get new plants from the fallen bits.
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tejas_ruthie
Original Author
11 years ago
2 weeks later. So far so good. I weeded out some weeds as suggested
socks
10 years ago
Tejas--they are selling it again this year. Did you feel the project was a success, nearly a year ago?