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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Crassulaceae (Stonecrops) |
| Origin: Mexico (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Red/Purple Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: Pinkish White |
| Bloomtime: Spring |
| Height: <1 foot |
| Width: <1 foot |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F |
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Sedum furfuraceum (Bonsai Sedum) A slow growing low growing branching succulent to 3 to 4 inches tall and spreading slowly to 1 foot wide or more on creeping stems with small upturned 1/4 to 3/8 inch long egg shaped dark green leaves covered in scurfy whitish scales and aligned in tight spiral rows. Leaves are often reddish purple in bright light and lower leaves turn a reddish-orange hue and later drop off to expose twisted thick gray-white stems. In early spring appear the pinkish white star-like flowers that each lasts for about 10 days. Plant in full sun to part shade in a well drained soil and irrigate occasionally to very little. We have seen it listed as hardy to just below freezing (30 °F) but has proven hardy for us to short durations down to 25°F as evidenced by its survival, without damage, unprotected during our January 2007 freeze with three consecutive nights down to 25°F. This is a great small scale groundcover, wall crevice plant or small container plant and can even be used indoors on a bright window sill. Its slow growth makes it a good plant for succulent bonsai and can be trained to look like a miniature tree by removing the lower leaves. This plant was first discovered by Crassulaceae authority Reid Moran and longtime Huntington Botanic Garden Director Myron Kimnach on a San Diego Museum of Natural History sponsored expedition in 1959. They found it growing on a pine-covered hillside at about 6,900 feet in elevation above the Ranchito de Juarez southeast from Zaragoza, San Luis Potosi. It was first described in the Cactus and Succulent Society of America's July-August 1961 Journal where Reid Moran described it as "a strange sedum forming coarse mats in the peat-like duff on pine-shaded rocks" and was introduced in 1964 by the International Succulent Introductions (ISI) as ISI-428. Our plants from John Bleck.
This description is based on research and observations of this plant as it grows in our nursery, in our nursery garden and in other gardens that we visit. We also incorporate comments received and appreciate getting feedback of any kind from those who have any additional information about this plant, particularly if they disagree with what we have written or if they have additional cultural tips that would aid others in growing Sedum furfuraceum.
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