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Stonecrop Chocolate Blob in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Sedum spurium 'Chocolate Blob'

 

Stonecrop 'Chocolate Blob'

Sedum, or Stonecrop, is a large genus of flowering plant which has fleshy, succulent leaves, fleshy stems, and has clusters of small, starry flowers. 'Chocolate Blob' has rich red-brown tinted foliage and is studded with dark pink flowers in autumn. Great effects can be achieved where it can spill between rock crevices, over walls or other edges.

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plant Features
  • Stonecrop Chocolate Blob likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Stonecrop Chocolate Blob likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Stonecrop Chocolate Blob is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Stonecrop Chocolate Blob likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

 
plant information

Common name

Stonecrop 'Chocolate Blob'

Latin name

Sedum spurium 'Chocolate Blob'

type

Perennial

family

Crassulaceae

ph

4.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Stonecrop Chocolate Blob likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Stonecrop Chocolate Blob is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Stonecrop Chocolate Blob likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

  • Water

    Stonecrop Chocolate Blob 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 Chocolate Blob is 0.45meters x 0.30meters 0.45 M 0.30 M

Sedum spurium 'Chocolate Blob'

Sedum, or Stonecrop, is a large genus of flowering plant which has fleshy, succulent leaves, fleshy stems, and has clusters of small, starry flowers. 'Chocolate Blob' has rich red-brown tinted foliage and is studded with dark pink flowers in autumn. Great effects can be achieved where it can spill between rock crevices, over walls or other edges.


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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