Rick,

I've no experience growing cold-hardy Sedums in anything other than the ground (some are deciduous, some are not), so I can't exactly say what the cultural requirements are for them in a pot, but the amount of sun you have seems OK, but you should know that most of the ones you mention are full-sun plants in their high-growth cycle (summer / early fall) and look best / grow best in that environment.

They don't need full sunlight when they're dormant, but again, I don't know what these plants do in a pot in winter - the small-leaved ones in my yard get buried and insulated with a few inches of snow until March or so and the big-leafed ones are deciduous and make their annual comeback in April or so.

If you can, you might consider putting some of your extras in the ground - that's where, IME and IMO, they do best.

Rick

I have some in ground and some in pots. I don't do anything special with the pots, keep them in same place whole year round. They are in full sun. Some pots are sitting on ground, some are somewhat elevated. But they stay in their spot thru the winter too.
I don't have all of the ones you mentioned, but pretty good variety.

All of these are in containers (some in teracotta, some in plastic & few in concrete):

Rina
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cactusmcharris - Thanks for the reply. All of these will be planted in the ground, none in pots. During the entire winter, they will be overshadowed by my house. The sun is behind my house for the entire day during winter. During summer, the sun is in the front of my house. So in summer they will get 8 hours direct sun per day, in winter they will get 0 hours direct sun per day.

I have some boxwood shrubs, a crabapple and a couple other plants in this spot and they do good without any winter sun. I'm definietly going to plant them all around the yard, just incase the ones in the shade during winter don't make it. It just has me wondering now since they are almost all planted. I plant a lot of trees and I know that (at least from what I've planted) they require no direct sun when dormant. Only when they are growing. I wonder if sedums are the same way.

Rina - Those all look great! Can't wait to see my little cuttings grow into something like those.

Rick, I suspect that your plants will be fine. I have a similar situation here, but for a different reason. The garden is surrounded by forest and in the winter the sun is so low on the horizon the forest shades a good part of it. On top of that, much of the winter here is cloudy and wet. All of my sedums are fine under these conditons because there is full sun during the growing season.

What is the one in picture 14,dark leaves with a coralish color flower.I really likethat one.
TIA
Kathi

Kathi

I am not sure if you are referring to photos in my album, but if so - the plant in photo 14 is sedum spurium 'Dragon's blood' - at least that's what it was tagged as when I bought it. And the same plant is in photo 15 - this one has been getting much more sun (s/w exposure)& it's planted in old concrete urn for last 3-4 years. It gets water when/if it rains only. Photo 14 is the same plant, planted in ground this spring, next to large landscape rocks.
It's great ground cover, really care-free, not invasive but grows fast enough that I have lots of it and have given away a lot too.
Flowers turn darker, and more sun it gets, more red the leaves get too.

Rina

Yes Rina,they are the ones i was speakig of.Love the colors on them,and their spreading habit.Will have to keep my eyes open for those.Thanks for responding
Kathi

Rick or anyone, where is a good place to get cold hardy sedum. These sedum plant for zone 4-7 would work well in my sandy soil. I want to plant agaves & opintia around small pines, using the sedum as ground cover between the rocks & larger plants.

Rick, I have sedums in the ground and in pots. In the winter I sink the pots in the ground and forget about them. Sun is not an issue as they are likely to be buried in snow most of the winter.

tj