That's it!!! Thank you so much gardengal48! We moved here in August and witnessed the autumn bloom. I was able to do a search of the name you provided. Sure enough, I saw pictures of the blooms online and recognized them!

Autumn Joy Sedum. They like the stems kept short as their heavy flower heads will hit the dirt. I had to put a peony stake around mine. Likes well draining sunny spot and easy on the water.

it is a sedum.. .. its not the autumn joy i have had for 40 years ... ken

Right^... Also, please don't do what I see many homeowners in this town do-cut the plant down in the fall as a part of "garden cleanup". So crazy-as the posts above say, this plant's common varietal name is 'Autumn Joy' sedum! Cutting it down in the fall robs one of the main pleasures this plant offers-a long show of the floral components on into winter. In snow country-like here-they look great for a while, until the snow covers them up. A neat, easy plant that pollinating insects can't seem to get enough of. Don't ever fertilize and like Laurie says, do not water unless you're in some kind of monumental drought. In too-rich soil or too wet, the plant grows huge but flops over and the center opens up. Better in dry, gravelly stuff.

Without the flowers it's not easy to tell which particular species or horticultural selection this is - the names being fired off here are just possible identifications. Autumn joy is a translation into English of the cultivar name 'Herbstfreude', and not the name of the sedum plant so designated.

Nevertheless, all cultural recommendations apply. 'Autumn Joy' and the numerous similar cultivars all behave the same. Too much water, too-rich soil, and they will grow like mad, then flop open in the middle, making you the plant owner wish you didn't plant them.

Keep things as lean as is possible in your climate/soil.

If you do find them growing too fast, you can cut them back by 1/2 in early summer and they will still bloom in fall, on much shorter, sturdier stems. Nonetheless, it is better to follow the above advice and avoid the problem!

Heh, like much of what I write here, I've made the mistakes in the past. Can't tell you how many times I've seen this flopping open thing-in too-rich soil with too much water! That's the best way to learn...........screw up!

It could be a Sedum 'Pure Joy' or Sedum 'Autumn Joy'. To prevent them from flopping, when they get to the size where they are about to flop you can cut them in half. When you cut them in half it still looks great yet it is able to get more nutrients into the root structure and can build up to holding a larger plant to prevent flopping.

Sedum Spectabile, we call it Ice Plant here. Flowers in late summer/autumn. Good for butterflies

It's been renamed Hylotelephium spectabile, as Gardengal48 posted back in May.

Still a Sedum to me ;)