Reflexed Stonecrop

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3.5
3.5" Perennial
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Reflexed Stonecrop

Scott's Nursery Ltd.

$3.50
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Add a wave of captivating texture and brilliant architectural style to your landscape with this low-growing, evergreen succulent! Its thick, fleshy stems are densely packed with pointy, needle-like leaves that mimic the look of miniature spruce trees or tiny underwater coral reefs. Forming a plush, sprawling carpet of cool blue-green foliage, it creates a striking, high-contrast display when it sends up stems of cheery, starry yellow blossoms that dance in the summer sun.

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Plant Details

Mature Size:

6" H x 18" W

Zone:

3-9

Watering:

Low

Type:

Evergreen Succulent Perennial / Groundcover

Growth Rate:

Fast

Light:

Full Sun

Plant Profile

Common Names:

Reflexed Stonecrop, Blue Spruce Stonecrop, Jenny's Stonecrop, Crooked Yellow Stonecrop, and Prick-madam

Scientific Name:

Sedum rupestre

Type:

Spiller / Groundcover

Growth Details:

Mature Size: Keeps a low foliage profile of 4–6 inches tall, while trailing stems actively spread 12–18 inches wide.

Growth Habit & Form: Prostrate, creeping, and mat-forming, with unique reflexed stems that root directly into the earth as they spread.

Growth Rate: Fast-growing foliage that quickly knits together to cover bare earth.

Flowering & Flower Colour: Produces flat, terminal clusters of bright, star-shaped blossoms in a vivid lemon-yellow hue.

Flowering Time: Bright blooms emerge in early-to-mid summer and last for several weeks.

Environmental Needs:

Exposure: Unfiltered, open full sun is optimal for preventing legginess and maintaining rich foliage color.

Soil Preferences: Thrives effortlessly in poor, sandy, gravelly, or rocky soil textures with rapid water drainage.

Soil Tolerance: Highly tolerant of acidic, alkaline, heavily infertile, or shallow rocky soils, but will rot in soggy clay.

Watering: Minimal water intervention; rely entirely on natural rainfall, watering manually only during severe, multi-week heatwaves.

Container Role: Acts as a beautiful, cascading accent over the rims of mixed planters, window boxes, or stone urns.

Special Features:

Resistances: Outstanding built-in resistance to deer, rabbits, slugs, and common insect pests due to its tough, rubbery leaves.

Tolerances: Exceptional resistance to severe drought, intense heat, baking humidity, poor soil conditions, and urban air pollution.

Fire-Smart: Its thick, moisture-storing succulent leaves make it an excellent choice for fire-resistant landscaping zones around properties.
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Ornamental & Landscape Value

Seasonal Interest:

Bloom Information: Puts on a bright, cheerful display of yellow flower clusters in mid-summer that stand upright above the foliage.

Fall Colour: The blue-green needle-like leaves develop subtle, attractive amber or reddish tips as the autumn temperatures drop.

Winter Interest: True evergreen; maintains its unique, miniature-conifer texture all winter long, providing vital structure when the garden is bare.

Garden Value:

This plant offers massive landscaping value as an industrial-strength, drought-tolerant groundcover for hot, dry locations where traditional plants fail. It is widely used for modern rock gardens, dry retaining walls, crevice plantings along stone pathways, alpine troughs, rooftop gardens, and mass slope plantings to anchor loose soil and halt erosion.

Wildlife & Human Value:

Wildlife Value: The bright summer flowers are an important nectar source for beneficial insects, pulling in native honeybees, bumblebees, and butterflies.

Human Value: Delivers a gorgeous, zero-mowing alternative to grass lawns, saves water through extreme drought tolerance, and functions as an excellent low-maintenance plant for busy homeowners.

Planting & Care Guide

Planting Considerations:

Best Time To Plant: Early spring through early summer once the soil warms up and hard winter freezes have passed.

Spacing: Space individual starter plugs 10 to 12 inches apart for a seamless, interconnected carpet.

Location Tips: Select a naturally high, sloped, or elevated garden site; avoid low spots where rainwater puddles collect.

Companion Plants: Pairs beautifully with other low-water succulents like Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum), Ice Plant (Delosperma), and low-growing Thyme.

Care:

Light Requirements: Demands full, bright sun, requiring at least 6 hours of unshaded direct sunlight daily to keep its dense, needle-like form tight and vibrant.

Moisture Requirements: Extremely low moisture needs; must be planted in sharp-draining soil where it can dry out thoroughly between rainstorms.

Maintenance & Fertilization: Strictly low-maintenance; never use heavy fertilizers as they cause the succulent stems to grow soft and split apart. Simply snap or shear off faded yellow flower stalks in late summer to maintain a clean, carpet-like look.

Tolerances:

Drought, Heat, Poor Dry Soils, Shallow Rocky Soils, Deer, and Rabbits.

Tips For Success:

Propagating: Incredibly easy to multiply; simply snap off a trailing stem, press it into bare, damp soil, and it will develop roots within days.

Gravel Mulch: Use pea gravel, grit, or crushed stone instead of wood mulch around the plant to prevent excess moisture retention at the base.

Spring Cleanup: If winter ice causes minor tip damage, simply trim or pull away the damaged stems in early spring to welcome fresh growth.
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