Sedum ternatum - WOODLAND STONECROP
Low growing, partially groundcovering native stonecrop for half shade or shade.
Dark green leaves, low mounds, only 2-3" tall x 6-12" wide, 6-8" tall with white flowers in April/May to June.
Half sun, half shade, light shade, medium-moist to medium-dry to dry. Tolerates full shade, but the mats usually get looser.
Native wildflower to the eastern United States from Maine to Georgia and west from Michigan to Iowa and Arkansas, where it is often found in open woodlands, on cliffs, shallow soils, slopes and calcereous rocks or places with lower competition.
See the USDA distribution map.
Other common names are three-leaved stonecrop or wild stonecrop.
Hardy in zones 3 to 9. Deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts butterflies, various kinds of native bees, less often wasps and flies too.
Best used in the front of partially shade beds, butterfly gardens, rock gardens, pollinator gardens with some shade. Best in average soil to shallower soils or rocks. Good combinations are withsmaller plants like Aquilegia canadensis, Phlox divaricata, Iris cristata, Tiarella or Heuchera or smaller ferns.
Pot size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright : Doug Mc Grady, Flickr
Sedum ternatum - WOODLAND STONECROP
Low growing, partially groundcovering native stonecrop for half shade or shade.
Dark green leaves, low mounds, only 2-3" tall x 6-12" wide, 6-8" tall with white flowers in April/May to June.
Half sun, half shade, light shade, medium-moist to medium-dry to dry. Tolerates full shade, but the mats usually get looser.
Native wildflower to the eastern United States from Maine to Georgia and west from Michigan to Iowa and Arkansas, where it is often found in open woodlands, on cliffs, shallow soils, slopes and calcereous rocks or places with lower competition.
See the USDA distribution map.
Other common names are three-leaved stonecrop or wild stonecrop.
Hardy in zones 3 to 9. Deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts butterflies, various kinds of native bees, less often wasps and flies too.
Best used in the front of partially shade beds, butterfly gardens, rock gardens, pollinator gardens with some shade. Best in average soil to shallower soils or rocks. Good combinations are withsmaller plants like Aquilegia canadensis, Phlox divaricata, Iris cristata, Tiarella or Heuchera or smaller ferns.
Pot size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright : Doug Mc Grady, Flickr
Customer Reviews
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Cute native stonecrop
I planted these in the fall and they look great in the spring! Very low maintenance and they're holding their own against the invasive vinca I'm slowly removing from my shaded garden.