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Sedum Lemon Coral

9 years ago

I mistakenly planted the Sedum Lemon Coral outside thinking it would be ok over the winter. I live in NY in zone 6B. It says it's hardy from 7-11. Do you think mine would survive? Or could I bring it inside and keep it as a house plant until summer returns?

Comments (5)

  • 9 years ago

    Most likely no - while you can 'push zone' a little, you take chances. If it is a small plant, maybe you should lift it in late fall, put in a pot and overwinter indoors - just to be on safe side. If larger plant, you could keep part of it outdoors and another part in a pot indoors and see what happens. It depends very much on site - if protected by a wall or something similar, it could be creating a mini-climate that would be just little 'warmer'.

  • 9 years ago

    If I bring it in for winter and keep it properly watered and in sun, how long could this planet live?

  • 9 years ago

    Growing mine in San Diego.

    What I've learned about this plant is:

    1) likes part sun/part shade

    2) does not like extreme heat and...

    3) Prefers being moist instead of dry.

    I would bring it inside for the winter. If it should ever approach Zero or below, it would not survive.

  • 9 years ago

    I would think it will live for a long time as long as you treat it right - like other succulents. I have Angelina which is hardier, and it grows and propagates easily - just stick a piece of it in the planting spot and it grows. You could do that with yours when you bring it outside again.

  • 7 months ago

    I'm in zone 5 (recently updated from zone 4) and I had a patch of lemon coral sedum that survived last winter. Granted, it was a warmer than average winter with little to no snowfall, and it was buried under dry leaves.

    In the past, I have overwintered lemon coral sedum indoors in the pretty sunny loca of my south facing porch where stays pretty much between 40° and 70°. It survives but gets leggy and fragile by the end of winter .I have also left some in a pot on my garage (minimum temp around 35°, pretty dark), and a basement closet (59-65°, very dark), and both came back beautifully in the spring. One LCS plant that I had in my bedroom in a west facing window survived as well, but looked sad by the end of winter.

    Overall, my LCS survived -- but not necessarily thrived -- over winter.

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