Cauticola Sedum

Blue-grey foliage brings a cool, calm, and collected feel to the hot and dry landscape! The Cauticola Sedum (Sedum cauticola), also known as Stonecrop, is one hardy perennial you will not want to miss out on! This Sedum stays short and compact and boasts loads of unexpected color and hardiness!

The foliage is a powdery blue with purplish undersides and purplish stems. Sedum cauticoa nestles itself into the edges of your landscape quietly from early spring when its small rounded leaves emerge, until later in September! Butterflies and bees will get their fill most of the growing season from these star-shaped blossoms held in dense flat-topped clusters!

Then, watch out for the amazing transformation of the most incredible display of raspberry-colored flowers that completely cover the plant you can imagine! Cauticola is a real keeper! The flowers fade as they age, and even when done, the seed heads remain an attribute until the snows cover them providing winter interest.

This little perennial Sedum dies back to the same point, then each spring, it does it all over again year after year! Deer and rabbits seldom bother these hardy perennials throughout USDA growing zones 4 to 9, nor does drought, heat, chill, humidity, or pests give this low-growing ornamental flowering perennial a reason to balk!

Planting and Application:

Cauticola does not spread aggressively. Instead, it remains a neat and more individual plant that works incredibly well as an edging plant, or in any other hot and dry area. Stonecrop creates a dense mat that is perfect for keeping weeds at bay. This fast-growing cover performs beautifully in the most difficult of growing conditions. Plus Sedum are on many Firewise lists for use in defensible spaces around your home!

You can't keep the bees or butterflies away from this Rock Garden and Xeriscaping gem! These perennials politely spread and hold the ground in place making them suitable for erosion control on hot, sunny hillsides and transforming a hard-to-mow slope into a cheerful spectacle!

Create en masse plantings, using 3 or 4 plants at the widest point of the drift or in a zigzagged pattern. Space these special plants 8 - 12 inches apart on center. Measure from the center of one to the center of the next. You'll get them to create a solid fill faster if you space them closer together.

Use Cauticola in your seasonal containers as "Spillers", and watch as they will drape over the edge of the pot. Want a low-maintenance focal point? Create an elevated planting bed along the length of your patio! Mix in other varieties of Stonecrop for an entire Sedum display! There are so many varieties that you'll have a large and varied collection before you know it!

• Clusters of Star-Shaped Raspberry Blooms
• Powdery Blue-Gray Foliage & Purple Undersides & Stems
• Summer Til Fall Blooms For Pollinators
• Low-Growing Politely Spreading Mounds
• Fantastic Groundcover, En Masse, Containers & Edging

#ProPlantTips for Care:

This rugged low-growing perennial does best when grown in full sun, with at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. You may not see as much bold foliage coloration in anything less. Give these low-maintenance groundcovers well-drained, average to poor soil. If needed, elevate your plantings in a raised bed to give them that well-drained location they require.

Water carefully to establish your new plants during their first season. Check the soil moisture by poking your finger into the soil and using the Finger Test! Once your Cauticola is established in your soil, it'll be a low-water usage plant - tolerant of high heat and drought.

All plants appreciate a 3-4 inch thick layer of arborist mulch around their roots. Carefully trim down Cauticola to clean up any fallen leaves and last year's seedheads in spring just before the new growth begins to show.

• Best Color in Full Sun
• Moderate to Low Soil Moisture Once Established
• Nearly Any Very Well-Drained Soil Type
• Prune Back Early Spring
• Disease Resistant, Cold Hardy & Heat Tolerant
• Drought Tolerant & Deer Resistant
• Perfect Plant for Beginners!

Order the Cauticola Stonecrop for your landscape today for the easiest groundcover that stays cool, calm, and collected in spite of the hot sun and dry garden locations! Find yours at Nature Hills!