Sedum Vera Jameson

I'm not familiar with this plant but I can see a few problems with it. I would first cut back the leggy growths to where there are new parts growing. You can let the cuttings dry for a day or so and pot them in a gritty mix, don't water them till they themselves begin to grow.

The remaining plant needs the debris removing from the top of the soil it's currently in, it will harbour spores, bugs, moisture etc which won't do the plant favours at all.

Best of all, I would unpot it and replant again in a pot either the same size or a little smaller, using a fast draining mix, not just cactus mix alone. A minimum would be half cactus/succ mix with half perlite. C/s mix, perlite and gravel the size of aquarium gravel would be ideal, in thirds. Current soil looks way to peaty and water retentive and should be removed from the roots. C/s plants need good light and not much water.

Gill

If it is S. Vera Jameson, it is cold hardy and best grown outdoors (few others are very similar - 'Purple Emperor', 'Bertram Anderson') . I think it is Sedum ternatum Vera Jameson, maybe a young plant (?) since most photos show slightly scalloped edges of the leaves of many plants (dentate margins) - I am not 100% sure thou...If it is that sedum, it would be hardy to z3, deciduous, so it would be safely overwintered outdoors (unless you are in colder zone than 3).

I don't think Vera Jameson is a variety of S. ternatum, ternatum is a tiny little woodland sedum..

I dont think the leaves match for vera jameson.

To me it looks more like a crassula type, has similar structure to Crassula streyi and crassula multicava, but probably not either of those.

Beth

I did some search, found on few sites (couple are linked below):

https://plantdatabase.kpu.ca/plant/plantDetail/562

I didn't think the leaves match, same as Garrett said, that's why I pointed the shape of the leaves in OP's post/photo, too.

edited to correct one of the links:

http://jardinjasmin.com/catalogue/product.php?ProductID=1707&UILanguage=EN

I have one of these and I was unsure of the ID for the last couple of months. While at a recent C&S sale, I saw this same exact plant and it was labeled Sedum Vera Jameson. I'm curious to know the proper ID of this plant as well.

Hi Rina

i am not debating to is a Sedum or perhaps Vera Jameson, just saying that terbium is a tiny little white flowered species. I think the site you linked has made a mistake.

There are two very different plants labeled as Vera Jameson in the trade around here, they look more like this than S. ternatum.

Beth

You are most likely right, especially if you have seen the plant (I was not familiar with it before the search). And I know that there is incorrect info around too...that is why I checked more than 1 site. There are photos the of S. ternatum on both sites I linked to, and both say that it has pink flowers - seems to be incorrect. Googling just Sedum ternatum shows all green foliage and white flowers. Dave's garden is showing photos of S. ternatum with white blooms and green leaves, but fall color of leaves is reddish (not as dark as OP plant): -here-

OP's plant looks to me more like Sunsparkler® Sedum 'Cherry Tart' -pictured here- I don't know if they have correct info either...

Rina

Taxonomy can be messy, for sure. Not sure if you realized provided two links to the same site...

Cheers

b

Thank you all so much for helping me on this one. It seems like I have got an outdoor plant, which is a shame as I don't have an outdoors! The man in the shop must have sold me the wrong one. I can and will repot it however into the right soil type, thanks for this advice. I have got a communal rooftop so maybe I'll just donate it to that, as it doesn't seem to be happy here inside. I'm in San Francisco so hopefully the temperature is going to be okay for it outside. Thanks again – I'm new to all this and you've all been very helpful!

Holly

In your climate, many succulents would survive outdoors - your lows are what late fall is around here :)