Sedum pachyclados

Sedum pachyclados

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Sedum pachyclados

Sedum pachyclados

€4,90

Sedum pachyclados is an elegant succulent with dainty green/gray/green rosettes and a creeping stem that can either spread or cascade.

Mature plants can become a gorgeous grey/green mound that looks as though it was carved of stone.

While it is often called a sedum, this one actually belongs to the Crassulae family.

But it still requires little coddling and enjoys an independent lifestyle.

In a windowsill, in a pot or even in your garden - allow this little perennial to bring some light and texture.

Learn more about caring for your Sedum:
Flowering May
Exposure Full Sun
Size 0.10m H x as far as you let it go
Soil Dry/Rocky
Origin Afghanistan/Pakistan
pda204
€4,90
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🪴9x9 cm

🚂 Ships across EU
🌱 Grown in our nursery
Gardening Tips

🪴Perfect for rock gardens, alpine gardens, container planting, hanging baskets, or mixed succulent displays.

👯‍♀️ Combines beautifully with other Sedum species, Sempervivum, and Crassula for textured succulent arrangements.

✂️ Minimal maintenance is required, with occasional pruning to maintain shape and remove spent flower stems.
The Botany

Floral Morphology: Sedum pachyclados

Sedum pachyclados a low-growing, mat-forming succulent in the Crassulaceae family, with slender, needle-like, glaucous blue-green leaves arranged along trailing stems.

In summer, the plant produces small, star-shaped, yellow flowers clustered in loose inflorescences (cymes).

Flowers are actinomorphic and hermaphroditic, with five sepals and five petals, and a superior ovary.

The fleshy, water-storing leaves give the plant its resilience under drought and help maintain turgor during dry periods.

Reproductive Biology

Pollination is primarily entomophilous, attracting bees and other small insects. Sedum propagates easily through leaf cuttings or stem offsets, allowing rapid vegetative reproduction.

Seeds are produced in small capsules but vegetative propagation is far more common in cultivation.

The plant exhibits Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), opening stomata at night to conserve water while allowing photosynthesis during the day.

Ecology & Cultivation

Sedum thrive in well-drained, sandy or rocky soils under full sun, although it tolerates light shade.

It is drought-tolerant, frost-sensitive, and well-suited for rock gardens, containers, or as ground cover.

The plant is low-maintenance, requires minimal watering, and benefits from occasional pruning to remove damaged or overgrown stems.

Its vibrant leaf colors and compact growth habit make it popular for ornamental gardening and succulent collections.
The Myth

Sedum pachyclados is frost-hardy and drought-tolerant and can thrive outdoors with full sun and great drainage.

In Greek, pachyclados means thick branched.

That's all :)

Other Names

Rhodiola pachyclados

Gray stonecrop

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