Nature and Gardening

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Sedum after rain (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by LallyLuckFarm to c/greenspace

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[Image description: water droplets of varying sizes rest on the waxy leaves of a Sedum]

To be specific, it was reclassified to Hylotelephium telephium after genetic sequencing.

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[–] xylem 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've got a lot of this in my yard from the previous owner. It leaves great dry flower heads over winter, provides great visual interest and homes for overwintering insects in the stalks

[–] LallyLuckFarm 2 points 5 months ago

There's a distinct possibility I've spent two years planting and splitting them on the undeveloped side of our street in addition to the ones for our customers and us.