Foliage Follow Up: two sedums

23 thoughts on “Foliage Follow Up: two sedums”

1. Nice plant, it doesn’t look like a sedum, they don’t usually have flowers on the tips of their leaves; so maybe a type of semperviren? Christina

   1. Oh, good tip. The ‘flowers’ are actually baby plants (they drop off later).

      1. Now I’m searching variations on “sedums with baby plants at leaf tips.” I confess that, except for always setting out some dependable ‘Autumn Joys’ in Washington, I’ve never been a sedum aficionado, but I am coming around.

      2. That makes it even more likely that they aren’t sedums. Christina

2. Yes, the one on the left looks like a large type “Hen and Chick” sempervivum…there are tons of different types. Also search “succulents” and you will be amazed at all the different varieties!

   1. Thanks! See below.

3. I’m thinking the first, taller, bluish one with the baby plants that fall off the leaves, is a type of Kalanchoe. Those baby plants tend to be a feature. And the other one I’m thinking is a Graptopetalum of some kind. They’re both gorgeous, and I love the pot they’re in!

   1. I’m with Alison. Mother of thousands, Kalanchoe – but those leaves are an interesting unusual colour. Debra Baldwin blogs about succulents. So does Pam @ Digging in Texas.

      1. Thanks, see more below.

4. beautiful !

   1. Thanks for visiting!

5. Cindy, I agree with Alison on the kalanchoe. Yours looks like a relative of “mother of millions” kalanchoe which has the “babies” on the tips of the fleshy leaves. You may be able to ID it correctly at http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Crassulaceae/Kalanchoe.html

   1. Thanks for the link!

6. Kalanchoe and Graptopetalum….awesome names! When you do a search for them it’s a feast for the eyes!

7. Dear Dee, Christina, Alison, Gwennie, Diana, and Patty: Thanks so much! Although this plays hell with my title at the top of the post. Clearly, I need to make a real study of the succulent world. If I get any more exact ID of either plant, I’ll report back.

   Both plants are great for echoing the colors of the view beyond the garden and of the house. Bringing the two together is the goal for the area in which they’re planted. Blue for the sky and hills, yellow for the house and the light, and some terracotta for the roofs of the houses on the hills.

   1. such a glorious garden you invite us into! I hadn’t thought of echoing borrowed scenery colours.

      1. I thought of it over time — after rather casually depositing some yellow daylilies at the top of the two retaining walls across from the view. I noticed how pretty they were with the blue of the hills, and also how they complemented the pale yellow of the house. Everything worked out from there.

         2nd reply to below:

         I studied landscape design at George Washington University, and the first and main thing we were taught is to have a concept and work it. So if I think about this area as echoing the colors of landscape beyond, I don’t go off in five other directions and have a muddle.

         1. says Cindy casually.

            You have a gift for colour. Is there art training in your past? A degree in Fine Art?

8. I don’t have an ID of either, but I am LOVING that bronzey succulent’s pairing with the wavy pot. An excellent combo and great color match.

   1. It’s really great, but I have to confess I didn’t (consciously?) connect the plant and the pots’ shape and color until I bent down to take the picture. I had found the Graptopelatum up under a bush in the back by the driveway. I wanted it to get much more attention. It must love its new location, because I need to divide it.

9. Maybe Graptoveria ‘Fred Ives’

   1. Thanks!

10. […] is a cluster of the bronze-tinged succulent graptopelum in a pot, and steel-blue Kalanchoe daigremontiana (mother of millions) thread their way […]

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