That's just plain old sedum "Autumn Joy". A friend gave me one small piece years ago and I now have at least a dozen around my gardens, and have given a dozen or more away. You can probably get one from a garden friend.

I'm actually replacing them with sedum "Matrona" that has red stems and darker blooms. I got a plant a couple of years ago and have divided it and it's now growing on in a side bed until this year when it's big enough to transplant.

The good news with sedum is that it roots in water. I usually wait until I have a couple of good stalks and then cut them off and put them in water. The mother plant will still bloom although it might be a bit later and I create a whole other planting. This plant is very drought hardy and some of the new varieties have all purple foliage. Every garden should have this.

BTW...this does GREAT in pots since it holds water in its succulent leaves and rarely needs water. Even someone with a "black thumb" can keep sedum alive. :)

Ronda

That may be true, Ronda, but that doesn't mean it will thrive! In spite of having perfect drainage and conditions that I would think would be satisfactory, I've tried for years to get it going in my garden and it remains a spindly little clump that puts up buds, flowers, and turns black within two weeks! This is the last year I'll bother with it if it doesn't put on a better show.

The Cooper's Iceplant right next to it is growing like kudzu...go figure.

Since last year - it is one of my favorite plants, because during our drought it not only survived, but thrived!
I am planning on adding more of them around my garden.
~Natalie

Sedum Autumn joy doesn't do that well for me. Several others do not either even though I try. However, Mozart is a sedum I found last year, and it really succeeded here. Looks like Autumn joy but with bluer leaves and a dustier pink flower.

GGG

Thanks for the ID... now I know what I am dealing with! Y'all are great!
And thanks for the tip on cuttings! I really like this, so I will try and get a few more going once I get some shoots up!

wow, i can break off a piece poke it in the ground and they grow. i don't do anything to them. i've got more than i know what to do with.
Tanya

That's what I was going to say, flowerchild5. I just break a piece off as soon as they get big enough to handle (in the spring) and put them right in the garden, where I want them to grow. Of course if you do this when they are very small (as in the early spring when emerging) they will be smaller and take longer to fill out, so waiting until they are bigger is a good thing if you want instantly bigger plants. :)

I notice that the difference between the gardeners that stick sedum in the ground to root and the ones that it doesn't perform well for are in totally different parts of the country and with totally differnt climates. Aha!

lindakimy and girlgroupgirl,

Could there be a difference in the soil pH ? Either there is something missing in the soil that the sedum needs or an overabundance of another element that may deter it from flourishing. Hope you find out so you can grow it.
Marisha

Marisha, that makes more sense than anything I've thought of and a quick search turned up at least one usually reliable site that says neutral to slightly alkaline. That is NOT my soil. Typically, our soil in the southeast is very acid and I haven't treated the area where the sedum is planted for at least 2 years (and then very lightly).

I'm going to try this and thank you so much for the suggestion.