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SunSparkler® Sedum ‘Lime Zinger’ continues to fascinate me with its wonderful ability to form a multitude of crowns and present a very full gallon specimen which is perfect for garden center displays as well as the home gardener! Use growth regulators as last option – use Alar at a concentration of 1700-2500 ppm as a foliar spray, 1-3 times. Watering: keep pots moist or slightly dry, Pests: Whitefly or spider mites could be a problem. For 6″ (15 cm) pot, use 1-2 plants per pot. Deer avoid these attractive blooms. 6000fc / 60000 lux). These are quite nice though. Sedum Black Knight is a strong plant that is disease-resistant (no mildew detected so far) and does not rot so it is ideal to make big pots. It has beautiful red variegated and the flowers are intense red. Sunsparkler® ‘Plum Dazzled’ flowers from summer to autumn but with its beautiful foliage color, it will colour your garden the entire gardening season. Whoa! Where reptans is open, Ajuga tenorii Princess Nadia is tight like a cushion. Bred from the award winning Estrella series, the Voodoo line features unique starburst patterned flowers. It grows to 6″ high and 20″ wide. Avoid late pinching as it delays flowering and marketing. I have a long border at one edge of the gard... Do you have parts of your landscape that you would like to change? Prune after flowering. This perennial succulent belongs to the sedum or stonecrop family. 4,000 fc / 40,000 LUX). Ready in 9-13 weeks. I've been looking for some heat tolerant low growig sedums for the front of the cactus bed at school, these sound perfect. Stake, too. * PINCHING: One soft pinch during planting. many plants I don’t know where to start. Pinching: Pinching will create better plant structure, Pests: Standard practices; spider mites & whiteflies can be problems, Pests: Standard practices; spider mites & whiteflies can be problems, ROOTING: 2-3 weeks at temperatures of 64-75 F. For 4″ (10 cm) pot, use 1 plant per pot. Atlantis stands preferably in full sun but also tolerates partial shade. In late summer or early fall, it produces beautiful hot pink flower clusters that attract butterflies. Isoplexis ‘Bella’ is a beauty of a plant. Sedum is a drought tolerant plant and shows even more rich colors when it is in full sun and kept on the drier side (once established). For 4″ (10 cm) pot, use 1 plant per pot. When you come back from holiday, the flowers will still be blooming in your garden. Blooming is continuous with trumpet-shaped blooms throughout summer and fall. Lavandula ‘Meerlo’ is a colourful lavender with beautifully serrated, grey-green leaves with a cream-colored margin. For 4″ (10 cm) Pot, use 1 plant per pot. Sempervivum Colorockz Coral Red winner of: Multiple colors with a “Rosy” look. Allow soil to dry completely between irrigation. Other Names: Autumn Stonecrop, Showy Stonecrop Group/Class: SunSparkler® Series Brand: Walters Gardens Description: A compact upright stonecrop with very large raspberry red flowers held atop of distinctly bluish-green succulent foliage; a drought-tolerant perennial that does best in poor soils, an excellent choice for late summer color in the garden border In late summer or early fall, it produces beautiful hot pink flower clusters that attract butterflies. pH : 5.5 – 6.3, EC: 0.6 – 0.9. Description. The plants are Well-branched and grow new flowers all summer long. ‘Wildfire’ is a new addition to the Sunsparkler® Sedum series. pH : 5.5 – 6.5, EC: 0.6 – 0.9. to 18 in. p... *Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'* It’s taken nearly 6 years and over 3,000 seedlings to create this exciting new inter-specific hybrid SunSparkler® Sedum ‘Jade Tuffet’. It grows to approximately 8 inches tall, flowers very early and even keeps developing overnight. Plants are long-flowering and can be grown in garden borders, rockeries, containers, and baskets. Sedum Sunsparkler Blue Elf grows attractive steel-blue, almost lavender color foliage. Floriferous, compact growth habit, sun loving, intense. Growing sedums takes little effort, but you must choose a variety suited to growing indoors and provide the right conditions. Well, lots of health problems and family issues have kept me TEMPERATURE: Day: 68-82 F. Night: 62-65 F. FERTILIZATION: Constant feed with a balanced fertilizer (200-250 ppm N) that contains average levels of micronutrients. Tolerant to both cooler and higher temperatures. Sunsparkler® ‘Wildfire’ flowers from summer to autumn but with its beautiful foliage color, it will colour your garden the entire gardening season. Prevent Fusarium and Botrytis by keeping plants dry in the winter. This Ajuga will be a real star in any garden! Have you planted WoW in your garden? Graptosedum favor dry conditions once roots are well established. It is a beautiful plant for in, for example, the rock garden, for green roofs, as a ground cover or in a container on terrace or balcony. Anyone have any experience with this plant or know how to propagate it? A friend of mine is having problems keeping Sedum ‘Dazzleberry’ alive in Indianapolis over the summer. Excellent drainage is essential for sedum. SunSparkler® Dazzleberry Stonecrop The thickest, most radiant groundcover we have seen! "Good morning. A kind and extraordinarily generous neighbor gave me this humongous golden ‘Bella’ is a beautiful addition to the perennial border, as a garden plant or in a container on the balcony or terrace. Thank you! Not just one, but a lot of them! As a bonus it reblooms in late summer with several flower spikes. Do not over mist or over-water. TEMPERATURE: Day: 64-80 F, Cool Night: 55-64 F. Grows well in hot weather, very heat tolerant. Sunsparkler® ‘Wildfire’ flowers from summer to autumn but with its beautiful foliage color, it will colour your garden the entire gardening season. 'Wildfire' is an easy to grow variety of Sedum. Excellent solo in a container, for mass planting and in perennial borders. Plants are more compact for production, shipping and finish in smaller pots. Parentage. With fancy foliage and unique colors, this echeveria is a standout. Lofos are self-cleaning and have a vigorous, trailing growth. Plant ‘Bella’ in the sun or partial shade in a normal, well-drained soil. IRRIGATION: Constant moderate moisture. Pinching: Pinching 1-2 times will create better plant structure, Pests: Standard practices; aphids & whiteflies can be a problem, Sedum Sunsparkler® 'Plum Dazzled' (PP30348), Salvia nemorosa Feathers Flamingo (‘Bocoffla’PBR), New Guniea Impatiens Harmony® and Sun Harmony, Echeveria Gibbiflora Coral Reef® Chocolate, Diascia 'Towers Of Flowers Light Pink' (PP25405), Diascia 'Towers Of Flowers Dark Pink' (PP25719), Diascia 'Towers Of Flowers Apricot' (PP25451), Pericallis Baby Senetti® Blue Bicolor #0772, Catharanthus Soiree® Kawaii White Peppermint, Catharanthus Soiree® Kawaii Blueberry Kiss, Thunbergia alata 'Sunny Susy® Pink Beauty', Thunbergia alata 'Sunny Susy® White Halo', 3. Sunsparkler Sedum Hybrid, tried finding exact name/type for the best care instructions and can’t seem to find it. Growing Succulents Planting Succulents Sedum Plant Succulent Gardening Succulent Plants Cacti … Insects: Watch for Aphids and White Flies. If you take a close look…. Check it out - so happy with how our new rocks look! ‘Frenzy’ is a real ‘plant on fire’: red-hot and full of passion! When to Plant Sedum. ‘Bella’ is a very compact plant of approx. An ideal groundcover for even the showiest locations, Blue Pearl lends itself to rock gardens, water-wise landscapes, and Mediterranean-styled plantings. The new ColorBlast portulaca set a new standard for drought tolerant color. I  met a bunch of wonderful folks at the recent 2013 Succulent Extravaganza. Three hybrids have been released so far: ‘Dazzleberry’, ‘Lime Zinger’ and ‘Cherry Tart’. Sedum Sunsparkler® 'Jade Tuffet' PP28090: Narrow olive green foliage on red stems. While not The FloriGlory series of cuphea has 5x the flower power with excellent garden vigor compared to the industry standards, Allyson and White. Heat Tolerance: Good They just melt out. LIGHT INTENSITY: Full sunlight is preferable (min. unrooted. Top selling New Guinea series in the market. Very reliable in production. Archived. Check out our sedum hybrids selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. same market that offers peonies in late spring/early summer now has "winter Plants grow to approximately 8 inches high and spread to 12 inches wide. This series is the result of breeding which has created a prolific array of uniform flowers in a variety of colors. Perfect carefree color all summer! SunSparkler® sedum Wildfire is a sport of sedum Firecracker. ‘Meerlo’ becomes about 36″ tall and 47″ wide and is very suitable for the perennial border or rock garden, for mass planting or for a pot on terrace or balcony. Its habit is compact: 16” wide and 8” tall. The Flowers open up very early in the morning, enabling a touch of color even with the morning coffee on the patio. MEDIUM: Use a well-drained disease-free potting mix. We’ve teamed up with Greenfuse to bring you a unique line of Echeveria! Recently, breeder Chris Hansen has introduced a new sedum called ‘Dazzleberry’, which is considered to be a breakthrough in groundcover sedum breeding. What a strange year it's been. The foliage retains its colour during the summer and autumn. Finally, after months of waiting, we have what I would call rain. apart; Full Sun; 4 (minus 30°F to minus 20°F), 5 (minus 20°F to minus 10°F), 6 (minus 10°F to 0°F), 7 (0°F to 10°F), 8 (10°F to 20°F), 9 (20°F to 30°F) Water when soil is dry In late spring, the biggest surprise are the royal blue flower spikes that emerge. Vigorous, well-branched plants are loaded with color that is simply impervious to the heat that summer can bring. It combined the best of both parents. Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’ – Two-row Stonecrop – 1 quart $ 5.00; Sempervivum – Mixed Hens & Chicks 2 – 1 quart The plants have the same great habits and mildew tolerance that growers and gardeners have come to expect with Estrella but with novel blooms that really pop in containers, hanging baskets or in the garden. It has a compact size of 18″ high and 18″ wide. Dream Dazzler blooms in summer with pink flowers. It has finally happened and we are so excited! In late summer rose pink blooms last for nearly 4 weeks. Sedum Sunsparkler® Dream Dazzler is a dream come true! Good airflow helps prevent foliar leaf spot. Continuous blooming from early  spring to summer. It has been consistently ranked among the top-performing varieties in trials across the country. During the past six years of outdoor field trial evaluations, it was decided to propagate and launch this delightful compact 3" tall groundcover hybrid! A great choice for container growing. Florel (ethephon) can also be used at the rooting stage to promote lateral shoots. Trial applications on smaller groups of plants before are recommended. The light blue flowers have a sweet fragrance. They are awesome! ROOTING: Torenia cuttings root easily within 12-14 days at temperatures of 64-75 F. Addition of rooting hormone is not necessary. ‘Blue Elf’ was bred by Chris Hansen of Garden Solutions in the USA. Senetti varieties are dramatically different from old-fashioned cinerarias. 6-8” tall x 14-18” wide. Ready in 10-12 weeks. The Shine Bright series of boliviensis begonias make stellar plants for hanging baskets and in combination containers. Graptopetalum favor dry conditions once roots are well established. It is a compact plant of approx. Sue. 5000fc / 50000 LUX . For once, gardeners in colder climates can join the party; SunSparkler sedums are hardy to zone 4. Soft pink flower clusters bloom in late summer. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. I won't sugar coat it. Topaz is up to 6″ high and 12″ wide. Varieties differ in response, so we recommend testing it first on a smaller scale. Kalanchoe favor dry conditions once roots are well established. One of our best selling groundcover SunSparkler® Sedum ‘Lime Zinger’ has produced a variegated branch sport featuring stunning cream-colored edges on every leaf. Pinching: Pinching will promote branching. Protect from direct sunlight. It is a perfect Sedum as a ground cover but can also be used as a garden or pot plant. This newest addition to the SunSparkler® Sedum program was selected for its 14″ tall ultra-compact habit and unique narrow leaves which are smothered in large trusses of dark pink flowers in late summer. Plants are very well-branched with unbeatable flower power, thriving in hot and humid summer climates. Imagine my surprise when I saw two of Chris’ SunSparkler sedums for sale: ‘Lime Zinger’ and ‘Dazzleberry’: Sedum ‘Lime Zinger’ (the plants are actually less yellow, see photos below), I grabbed two ‘Lime Zinger’ and one ‘Dazzleberry’…. Avoid moisture condensing on the foliage. A standard preventative spray program is sufficient to control most pests. Large five-petalled flowers in bold pink tones with cheery yellow eyes. Bred for long season of interest in patio pots and containers. It combined the best of both parents. E.C 2 -2.5. Mandevilla ‘Bella‘ boasts large, showy flowers in a variety of colors. The red color intensifies in the sun! WoW Fire Wonder is perfect as solitary on terrace or balcony, in rock gardens, perennial borders, roof gardens, combined planting and as flowering groundcover. This unusually showy foliage remains attractive from early spring thru fall and extends the window of garden center sales appeal on your benches. The Coral Reef series is now available in URCs. Echeveria favor dry conditions once roots are well established. Plant Salvia Feathers in a well-drained soil in full sun or light shade. LIGHT INTENSITY: Full sunlight is preferable. Media: Use well-drained soil mix. Watering: Do not over-water. Hardy to -25 ºC. Hot Pink offers pink-red, semi-trailing flowers on a compact plant. And where the ice cream tastes great, Sedum Banana Split is a great performer in the rock garden, perennial border, for mass planting or as a specimen plant on the patio or balcony. Several years ago a pot grown *Fascicularia bicolor ssp. From May to October you can enjoy the beautiful apricot-coloured flowers. Tapien makes an excellent ground cover plant and is constantly in bloom. Insects: Aphids thrips and White Flies. MEDIUM: Well-drained, disease-free potting mix. 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