Great Groundcovers: Hardy Sedum (Stonecrop) Reduce Mulch & Suppress Weeds
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2024
- Another favorite ground cover, SEDUM! Winter hardy, drought tolerant, evergreen, flowering...what more could you want! This incredible plant is the perfect way fill the garden beds with low maintenance plant life and color. The more ground covers you plant, the less mulch you need to lay and the fewer weeds there will be. Whether you are planting Sedum grown on cocofiber mats or not, the results will be the same, effortless year round beauty connects your other hardy perennials together.
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I've used these sedum tiles extensively in my lawnless yard. Every year I buy another 2 or 3 tiles to add. They root within a week and spread beautifully in no time at all. Very easy care, repress weeds and drought tolerant once established.
Love it!! Yes they are amazing!
Great style of communicating clearly! I have native wild stonecrop and I was taught that it loves shade, so I’m so excited to watch it fill in around my porch. ❤️ happy planting!
You are so welcome! Stonecrop is such an excellent plant!
In the back of where we live/work there is an area that has very little soil (when the poured the new cement parking pad and cement walls they left so much debris in the ground. Basically, cement pieces and small rocks. Last year I bought some sedum tiles and dropped them down on the ground thinking I'd get around to scraping away the rocky soil and amending the ground. Well, a year later the sedum tiles seem to have decided they love this soil-less area and are happy and growing. Just two days ago I went out and bought a bunch more to add to the area.
I love that! That’s exactly how they thrive!
I am so excited, I have the ones that look like green rice on a vine, that have been passed down from my grandmother to my mother to me....
They both had a green thumb so it has looked beautiful for 40+years (in the same pot).as for me not so much..
I've tried looking up how to care for these and never knew their names , ever!! Finally!!
Nice! I made an update video that will be getting posted soon as well!
I did this very thing today with a tray of sedum along a rock wall. Thank you!
Sounds great!
These are great ground covering. I will give a try! 😀
yes!! i planted tons and tons of them, i loooove them!
excellent video! I've been using sedum angelina- absolutely love it. It took about 2 years, but it has slowly filled in an entire bed. Super winter hardy (I'm in zone 6a), very easy to keep controlled, and best of all---extremely easy to propagate. Like you, I want to start minimizing the amount of mulch I use, and this has already allowed me to do that. I'm gradually spreading it around my gardens. Plus, it's really beautiful- throughout each season. Deer leave it alone... rabbits will usually only go after it during the winter.
Love hearing you are having the same experience as I am!!
@@plantvibrations Likewise- I've been learning how to garden with perennials over the past 4 years...sedums are among my most favorite plants! Watching videos like yours really helps! Also, Seven was a godsend this past year!
Would love to see an update 😊
Yes good idea!! It’s starting to perk up right nkw
Update time yet???!
I’ve planted some lemon coral sedum ground covers. They have small yellow flowers that I think is so beautiful.
Sweeeeet
Very informative video - I have been researching sedum plants for quite some time and just need to bite the bullet. Thank you for the video! Bless You~
theyre amazing, well worth growing!
Same here I like this ground cover plants especially when this types of plants keep weeds away.
Yessss!
This was so helpful & interesting! Thank you sm! Def checking out the channel for the follow up.
awesome! thanks for watching!
Yup me to
This is excatly what I’m working on right now awesome 👏 likeminded I’ve been looking into the wild sedums in my state and I’ll add in creeping Jenny and my own winter hardy succulents I just love this video
I have some more ground cover videos too!
Very helpful indeed! Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Wow I like your idea!
It’s a great groundcover!
@@plantvibrations Yes friend 😊
Hi Devin. I really enjoyed watching, and learning from this video, and I have plans to do this in one of my sun gardens. I think that the succulents look much nicer than just seeing mulch. Thanks for showing us how easy it is to do. Do you have a follow up video to show us the progress of this sedum planting this year? I would love to see how it's doing.
Have you seen this one:Great Groundcovers ! Hardy Sedum Update After 2 Years & How To Divide
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@@plantvibrations Thanks Devin. I watched it today, and got a lot of info.
I would add that it's good to spend a few years building up your soil with deep mulch *before* planting ground cover, because it's hard to add organic matter to the soil once ground cover is established. But once you've got rich soil, ground cover is an ideal living mulch.
That’s a great tip. Yes having good soil before is key
This was very helpful tip to me I’ve just cleared out my bed completely to make a rock succulent garden nice tip
Very nice ❤❤❤
Thanks 🤗
❤️ your video, want to try the gray ones, cooling to the eyes
Yesss they’re beautiful
Interesting.. Never seen this CoCo Fiber mat. What a Great idea. How would ajuga as a ground cover (especially the dark bronze leaved variety.) work in your climate ?
The coco fiber mat is actually pretty amazing! i really like them. and yes i have friends with Ajuga, personally i loathe bugleweed, especially the dark black leaf ones, too much darkness for me
Hi. What kind of soil medium did you use with the coco mat? Great video and thank you for sharing!
Any potting mix is fine!
Did you purchase the sedum on line or locally? I’d like to give it a try. TFS! Blessings!😊
Hi Nora! These actually came from my family’s nursery called Robertas Gardens! We do ship all over the country too :)
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@@plantvibrations omg I thought you looked/ sounded familiar! How'd I not realize it was you on QVC?! 😄 We bought your sedum mat, violet geraniums, majestic gerber dasies, sky petunias, sunpatiens and solar coreopsis! The mat we bought this year is great, I love it! Zone 6b and still flowering. Wanted to buy more but they sold out. Maybe next spring? 😉
Hi! Would this type of sedum harm other plants? I have this variety and would like to add it to a garden bed as ground cover that has alliums, peony’s, and other flowers.
Nope, this will be the perfect accompaniment
Do you break up the root clusters? Trying to decide on whether or not i should separate mine, before transplanting. I feel like perhaps they would spread better... Thoughts?
I do not break up the roots, cutting seems to be enough
@@plantvibrations awesome, thanks so much!
I use the yellow bouquet variety around my maple tree. I dug a circle around the tree. Sprayed a little Wisdom TC to prevent termites. Filled it in with topsoil. Put my sedum in between the roots. Then used clay buster fine mulch. A neighbor down the street did this to his tree and it looked nice, so I copied him. His sedum is a darker green variety. I like the yellow. It's something different.
very cool! i love the hardy sedum. the yellow is striking
Do you know any good pesticides for sedum angelina removing the white pest which usually destroy this plant?
hmmm maybe safer soap would work
Some Stonecrop varieties are edible as well!
I didn’t know that!
Nice video. I didn’t see the link for the blue shears. Can you tell me what brand they are, or where you got them?? Thanks!
They are Kuhn!
Hey just wondering if you have any videos showing how your sedum is doing? About to go out and plant some of my own right now. :)
Hi! Check out my recent video comparing three different groundcovers, you can see the sedum update!
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Do I need to put weed barrier down first? Or does that prevent it from spreading fully?
I’m not a fan of the barriers
Those are so beautiful !! Where can I buy the ones you have here? Thank you !
My family is starting to grow more right now. Unfortunately they won’t be ready till next spring! We sell them on qvc.com
@@plantvibrations That's great news ! Thank you so much for your reply .
I have Spanish stonecrop in my front yard. It is not growing evenly - one side is more full and tall than the other, so I was wondering whether I can shape it? As in cut the height of it so it appears more even? Couldn’t find any info on Google, would appreciate advise from the community.
Yeah you can absolutely trim back the side that is growing faster. However it may end up making it grow back even thicker
I am near Annapolis, and I have a very tall persimmon tree with no lower branches, I removed all the grass on my tiny 18 x 12 front yard. It is too sunny for vinca minor and woodruff, on the street side, I am hoping that my new flat of mixed sedum will do well in the sun. I was worried about how to divide the mat. (I hate grass lawns) I am moving the woodruff to the shady rear part of the yard near the house.
I found just ripping it with my hands was the best
Hi, I'm in CT zone 6a mid-August, and I'm planting sedum plugs into the mulch. How often do we need to water them to get established?
I’d definitely water them at least once a week depending on rainfall and avg daytime temps!
@@plantvibrations thank you for your prompt reply. I'm new to gardening and finding your channel really helpful 😊🌱 Wish me luck!
Can you plant sedum on flat rock that is large and under ground so what you see is a flat layer of rock. So could I plant sedum on top of it to hide the ugliness of multiple rock in ground
Hmm if you can provide something for it to grow into then it can probably work!
@@plantvibrations how much dirt do you think I would need to put over the rock a inch? Or more
This is what ima working on could we leave lil wholes inbetween the rocks and put the sedum in where the roots touch soil but it can grow on top of the rocks or thru cracks ???
Will sedums crowd out Bermuda grass?
Oooh that’ll be a tough fight
Where do you get those flats trays for the coco fiber ?
Robertasgardens.net ! My family’s business
Where can I get these coco mats and the trays?
Robertasgardens.net ! My family’s business
Where did you purchase these mats?
they're from Roberta's Unique Gardens
This stuff is awesome. We have a ton of it here in Oregon (Portland), and I think there's even a species that's native to the state.
oooh nice!!! ive been loving watching mine grow since i planted it, i cant wait for a couple seasons down the line, its going to be gorgeous
Is there a!video update?
Hey! Check my video comparing three great groundcovers and you’ll find the update!
Great video thank you very much hay will that Sedum stonecrop choke out your other plants?
I’ve never experienced it ‘choking’ out other plants, it’s vigorous but not invasive. It will cover any open soil it finds
Will the gophers eat it?
That is one creature that I don’t have on my property, I am not sure!
I've decided your wife is the luckiest woman alive! 😅
😂😂
Cocoa fiber is dangerous for dogs. Looking for some other method. Hearing that I'm out of here.
Interesting. Never heard that before