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Beginner
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0.5m
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0.5m
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2-5 years
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1 hour care
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Botanical name: Sedum 'Matrona'
Other names: Sedum telephium 'Matrona', Millennium plant, Stonecrop 'Matrona'
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Genus: Sedum
Variety or cultivar: 'Matrona' _ 'Matrona' is a clump-forming perennial with fleshy, silvery-green leaves, flushed red around the edges, and dark purple stems bearing corymbs of pink flowers in autumn.
Sedum are nectar rich plants, which encourage benefical wildlife, such as ladybirds, lacewings and hoverflies into the garden
Sedum 'Matrona' is: Deciduous
Flower: Purple, Pink in Autumn
Foliage: Purple, Flushed red, Silvery-grey in Summer
Habit: Clump-forming, Rounded
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Plant with:
Aster x frikartii 'Mönch' (Frikart's aster 'Monch'), Aster ericoides f. prostratus 'Snow Flurry' (Heath aster 'Snow Flurry'), Yucca gloriosa (Spanish dagger), Dictamnus albus var albus (White-flowered dittany), Aster turbinellus hort. (Mauve-flowered starwort), Aster ericoides f. prostratus (Prostrate heath aster)
Sedum 'Matrona' (Millennium plant) will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Cottage/Informal, Drought Tolerant, Beds and borders, Containers, Wildlife
Cultivation: Plant in moderately fertile, well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil in full sun.
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Chalky, Loamy, Sandy |
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Well-drained |
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Alkaline, Neutral |
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Full Sun |
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South |
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Exposed, Sheltered |
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Hardy (H4) |
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Question from
Sally Reay
Have recently bought this plant and planted it out, but we had a storm 3 days later and some of the side shoots have broken off, can anyone advise as what to do, should I cut the broken bits of and try to propogate them, if so shall I just stick them in potting compost. thanks
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- Posted: Sun. 11th September 2011 17:59
Question from
Eliza M
This plant is new to me. Planted last November. I am surprised that the small pink flowers started appearing a couple of weeks ago which seems very early according to advice. Is there a day length effect of a strong street lamp nearby? thanks
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- Posted: Thu. 1st July 2010 17:54
- Last reply: Sat. 10th July 2010 21:36
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