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Sedum lineare 'Variegatum' (Cream & Green Carpet Sedum) - A tough low growing evergreen succulent to 6 inches tall and trailing to 2 feet wide or a little more with lanceolate, inch-long pale green leaves that have a thin creamy-white margin. The new growth on this plant is often upright and then lies down under the weight of the stems and in shade it tends to grow slightly more open and taller. Though not the main attraction, when this plant flowers in the early summer, the small bright yellow starburst flowers appear in short tight cymes just above the foliage.
Plant in full to part sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to regularly. Hardy to 0 °F. A great plant for use as a ground cover (tolerates steep slopes), for tight spots such as embedded in walls or rock gardens, in hanging baskets, tumbling over a wall or even as a house plant in a bright spot. It has been included on list for green roofs because of its durability and tolerance of cold, drought and shallow soils.
Sedum lineare 'Variegatum' was first described by the Irish botanist Robert Lloyd Praeger in the 1921 Royal Horticultural Society's publication "An account of the genus Sedum as found in cultivation" and its early cultivation in the US is indicated by its listing in Pearl Chase's (editor) "Cacti and Succulents: An Annotated List of Plant Cultivated in Santa Barbara" that was published by the Garden Tours Committee in 1930. The non-variegated form of this plant was first described in 1784 by Swedish naturalist Carl Thunberg from plants in Japan, though the type locality for these plants remains unknown. Ray Stephenson in "Sedum: Cultivated Stonecrops" (Timber Press, 1994) lists the plant indigenous to Ryukyu Islands and possibly mainland China. In the Flora of China it is listed as being from low mountains, rocks on grassy slopes, plains in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan. The name for the genus comes from the Latin word 'sedo' meaning "to sit," in reference to the manner in which some species attach themselves to stones or walls and the specific epithet comes from the Latin word 'linea' meaning a "line" or "thread" in reference to the thin lanceolate leaves. Common names for the species include Carpet Sedum and Needle Stonecrop.
The information displayed on this page about Sedum lineare 'Variegatum' is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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