Carpobrotus edulis

Carpobrotus edulis

Scientific Name: Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E. Br.

Synonym: Mesembryanthemum eduleFamily: Aizoaceae

Recommended Temperature Zone:sunset: 12-24

USDA: 12-27

Heat Tolerance: Needs afternoon shade and regular water

Sun Exposure: Full sun

Growth Habits: Watering Needs: Drought resistant, does better with some water in winter during the growing season, needs good drainage.

Ice Plant, Baby Sun Rose

Scientific Name: Aptenia cordifolia (L. f.) N.E. Br.

Synonym: Mesembryanthemum cordifolium, Litocarpus cordifolius, Tetracoilanthus cordifoliusFamily: AizoaceaeRecommended Temperature Zone:sunset: 11-13,17, 21-24

USDA: 9-11

Frost Tolerance: Hardy to 23F (-5C)

Heat Tolerance: Excellent, but need regular water in Phoenix in summer.

Sun Exposure: Full sun to light shade

Origin: South Africa (eastern coastal deserts)

Growth Habits: Trailing perennial to 10 inches tall (25 cm) 3 feet diameter (1.2 m), leaves up to 1 inch long and wide (2.5 cm)

Watering Needs: Little water (regular water if the weather is extremely hot), good drainage.

Propagation: Seeds, cuttings

Blooming Habits: Small purplish red flowers (occasionally white) in spring and summer.

Sedum reflexum 'Blue Spruce'

Scientific name: Sedum reflexum 'Blue Spruce'

Common name: Spruced-leaved stonecrop, Spruce stonecrop

Region of origin: Europe

Weed Suppressive Rating: Fair - Good

Hardiness: Zone 3

Height x Spread: 8 to 10 in. x indefinite

Season of bloom: Mid-summer

Flower color: Bright yellow

Exposure: Full sun

Soil requirements: Well-drained, slightly acidic soil

Moisture requirements: Drought tolerant

Salt tolerance: Good

Goldmoss Sedum

Scientific Name: Sedum acre L.

Family: CrassulaceaeRecommended Temperature Zone:sunset: All zones

Heat Tolerance: Regular water in summer in Phoenix, avoid reflected heat

Sun Exposure: Light shade to full sun

Origin: Europe, western Asia

Growth Habits: Evergreen trailing perennial, up to 4 inches tall (10 cm)

Watering Needs: Little water in summer.

The species name "acre" comes from the Latin for "sharp, pungent".

Cultural Practices: Plant 8 to 12 inches apart (20-30 cm). Can be invasive.

Blooming Habits: Tiny yellow flowers in spring

Senecio rowleyanus Family: AsteraceaeScientific Name: SeneciorowleyanusCommon Name: String-of-Beads, String-of-Peas, String-of-Pearls

Description: String of Beads, String of Peas, String of Pearls, String of Marbles

Plant type: Succulents

Sunlight: bright to direct, if the plant is grown in lower light conditions the leaves will be smaller and the internodes longer

Moisture: dry out between watering's

Soil & Site: well drained

Media: well drained, cactus and succulent mix

Temperature: Average house is preferred during the growing season.

Flowers: The flowers are: composite flowers lacking ray florets, small, white and have a strong cinnamon smell.

Foliage: The thin stems are lined with small spherical leaves of about 1/4 inch in diameter. Each leaf has a longitudinal translucent stripe. The stems will root at the nodes creating a mass of foliage hugging the surface. The stems will cascade over the side of a container.

Dimensions: Can easily reach 1-2 feet over the side of a container.

Maintenance: The plant will occasionally need to be cut back to rejuvenate the foliage of the pot. Also if the pot doesn't fill in pull back a few of the cascading stems and lay them on the surface of the soil. They will root at the nodes and fill in the bare soil.

Propagation: Sections of the stem can be laid on the media or tip cuttings can be rooted. A single leaf will root and form a small plant at the base.

Pork and Beans

Scientific Name: Sedum rubrotinctum R.T. Clausen

Family: CrassulaceaeRecommended Temperature Zone:sunset: 8,9,11,12,14-24

USDA: 9b-12

Frost Tolerance: Hardy to 25F (-4C)

Sun Exposure: Light shade to shade

Origin: Mexico

Growth Habits: Succulent perennial, 6 to 8 inches tall (15 to 20 cm)

Watering Needs: Little to moderate water

Propagation: Leaf cuttings

Turn bronze red in the sun

Blooming Habits: Reddish yellow flowers in winter.

Eve's Needle, Cane Cholla

Scientific Name: Austrocylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpfordt) BackebergSynonym: Opuntia subulata, Opuntia segethii, Maihueniopsis subulata, Opuntia exaltata, Cylindropuntia subulata, Cylindropuntia exaltata, Austrocylindropuntia exaltata, Pereskia subulata, Maihueniopsis exaltataFamily: CactaceaeRecommended Temperature Zone:sunset: 11-13USDA: 9-10

Frost Tolerance: Hardy

Minimum Avg. Temperature: 50F (10C)

Sun Exposure: Full sun

Origin: High elevations in Ecuador and Peru, 8000 to 12000 feet (2400 to 3600 m)

Growth Habits: Tree-like cactus, up to 13 feet tall (4 m), 10 feet in diameter (3 m); stems up to 20 inches long (50 cm); awl like leaves, up to 5 inches long (12 cm); 1 to 4 spines, up to 3.2 inches long (8 cm)Watering Needs: Little water

Propagation: Cuttings

Blooming Habits: Red flowers, up to 2.4 inches long (6 cm)

Hens and Chicks, House Leeks

Scientific Name: Sempervivum tectorum L.Family: CrassulaceaeRecommended Temperature Zone:sunset: All zonesUSDA: 7-11

Frost Tolerance: Hardy at least to 10F (-12C)

Heat Tolerance: Marginal, keep away from the sun if the temperature is above 100F (38C)

Sun Exposure: Light shade

Origin: French and Italian Alps

Growth Habits: Clumping rosettes, each

Watering Needs: Moderate water

Propagation: Offsets

Each rosette is monocarpic (it blooms once and then dies). There are many named varieties with various colors of leaves and flowers.

Cultural Practices: Keep in bright shade for best color.

SedumSedum is a genus of about 400 species of leaf succulents, from the old and new world in the northern hemisphere. They vary in habit from annual groundcovers to shrubs. Their flowers have 5 petals.

The cultivation requirements of the species are quite different. Some species are very cold resistant, but don't like heat. Some species are tropical and don't take any frost. Sedum don't do very well in Phoenix extreme heat. They lose their leaves and stay with increasingly naked stems until they decide to rot alltogether.

Sempervivum

Sempervivum contains over 40 species of rosette shaped succulents, native from Europe, eastern Asia, and northern Africa. They are among the most frost resistant succulents, and as such are the most common succulent in gardens that get more than a light frost. Sempervivum comes from the Latine for 'always alive', referring to its toughness.

Sempervivums have characteristic star-shaped flowers that can be yellow, pink, red, white or green. The rosette that flowered dies after setting seeds. Rosettes are generally growing for several years before blooming.