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Stonecrop Postmans Pride in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Sedum 'Postman's Pride'

 

Stonecrop 'Postman's Pride'

Sedum, or Stonecrop, is a large genus of flowering plant which has fleshy, succulent leaves, fleshy stems, and has clusters of small, starry flowers. 'Postman's Pride' is a dark purple-leafed variety of upright habit, and which produces lots of red-purple flowers in clusters in late Summer and Autumn. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies

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plant Features
  • Stonecrop Postmans Pride likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Stonecrop Postmans Pride likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Stonecrop Postmans Pride is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Stonecrop Postmans Pride likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

 
plant information

Common name

Stonecrop 'Postman's Pride'

Latin name

Sedum 'Postman's Pride'

type

Perennial

family

Crassulaceae

ph

4.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Stonecrop Postmans Pride likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Stonecrop Postmans Pride is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Stonecrop Postmans Pride likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

  • Water

    Stonecrop Postmans Pride likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Stonecrop Postmans Pride is 0.45meters x 0.50meters 0.45 M 0.50 M

Sedum 'Postman's Pride'

Sedum, or Stonecrop, is a large genus of flowering plant which has fleshy, succulent leaves, fleshy stems, and has clusters of small, starry flowers. 'Postman's Pride' is a dark purple-leafed variety of upright habit, and which produces lots of red-purple flowers in clusters in late Summer and Autumn. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies


Flowering

From Mid Summer TO Mid Autumn

Most sedum flower through the summer months and into early Autumn

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant divisions or seeds in Spring

 

Propagating by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Sow seeds in Spring

 

Propagating by division

From Mid Spring TO Late Summer

Dividing plants for propagation can be done at any time during the growing season, and divisions will grow readily.

 
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