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White Stonecrop (Sedum album)

White Stonecrop is a low, mat-forming succulent with tiny, cylindrical, jelly-bean-like leaves that turn reddish in full sun or cold. Masses of small, white, star-shaped flowers cover the plant in summer. Excellent for green roofs and rock gardens.

Botanical Profile

Family:	Crassulaceae (krass-yoo-LAY-see-ee)
Genus:	Sedum (SEE-dum)
Species:	album (AL-bum)
Synonym:	Sedum athoum

Landscape Uses

Thrives in full sun and poor, well-drained soil. Extremely drought-tolerant. Spreads to form a dense carpet. The foliage color changes with seasons. Very cold-hardy. A reliable, low-maintenance ground cover.

Cactus and Succulents: Gold Moss Sedum (Sedum acre): Tiny Golden Groundcover; Showy Stonecrop (Hylotelephium spectabile): Classic Upright Sedum; Carpet Sedum 'Variegatum' (Sedum lineare 'Variegatum'): A Trailing, White-Edged Groundcover for Walls and Baskets; Golden Sedum (Sedum adolphii); Sedum pachyclados: A Charming Stonecrop Succulent; Six-sided Stonecrop (Sedum sexangulare): A Hardy Ground Cover; Chinese Sedum (Sedum tetractinum); Sedum ternatum: Woodland Stonecrop – Native Shade-Tolerant Succulent; Sedum clavatum: Chubby Blue-Green Rosettes for Succulent Collections; Sedum confusum (Stonecrop)

Garden Articles

Tricolor Stonecrop (Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'): Variegated Groundcover Gem

Kamchatka Sedum (Sedum kamtschaticum): Russian Stonecrop Groundcover

Neon Sedum (Sedum spectabile 'Neon'): Electric Pink Flower Power

Japanese Sedum 'Ogon' (Sedum makinoi 'Ogon'): A Golden Carpet for Shade and Rock Crevices

Showy Stonecrop 'Xenox' (Sedum 'Xenox'): A Dark-Foliaged Perennial with Intense Pink Flower Heads

Showy Stonecrop 'Brilliant' (Hylotelephium spectabile 'Brilliant')

Growing Sedum (Stonecrop): Drought‑Tolerant Succulents

Plants

Showy Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy' (Hylotelephium telephium)

Dragon's Blood Sedum (Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'): Red-Leaved Carpet

Two-row Stonecrop 'Voodoo' (Sedum spurium 'Voodoo')

Burro's Tail (Sedum burrito): A Cascading Succulent Classic

Showy Stonecrop 'Lidakense' (Sedum cauticola 'Lidakense'): A Late-Blooming Ground Cover

Showy Stonecrop 'Abbeydore' (Sedum 'Abbeydore'): A Compact, Pink-Flowered Perennial

Showy Stonecrop 'Mediovariegatum' (Sedum sieboldii 'Mediovariegatum'): A Variegated, Cascading Stonecrop