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Beginner
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0.5m
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0.5m
max. height |
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2-5 years
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1 hour care
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Botanical name: Sedum spectabile (Brilliant Group) 'Brilliant'
Other names: Ice plant 'Brilliant'
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Genus: Sedum
Variety or cultivar: 'Brilliant' _ 'Brilliant' forms a clump with thick stems and broad elliptic, grey-green leaves and flat cymes of dark-centred, bright pink flowers.
Sedum are nectar rich plants, which encourage benefical wildlife, such as ladybirds, lacewings and hoverflies into the garden
Sedum spectabile (Brilliant Group) 'Brilliant' is: Deciduous
Flower: Pink in Summer; Pink in Autumn
Foliage: Grey-green in Summer
Habit: Clump-forming, Rounded
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Plant with:
Aster ericoides f. prostratus 'Snow Flurry' (Heath aster 'Snow Flurry'), Aster x frikartii 'Mönch' (Frikart's aster 'Monch'), Yucca gloriosa (Spanish dagger), Dictamnus albus var albus (White-flowered dittany), Aster turbinellus hort. (Mauve-flowered starwort), Eryngium planum 'Blauer Zwerg' (Sea holly), Aster ericoides f. prostratus (Prostrate heath aster)
Sedum spectabile (Brilliant Group) 'Brilliant' (Ice plant 'Brilliant') will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Beds and borders, Bees (attract & feed bees), Containers, Cottage/Informal, Drought Tolerant, 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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| Light: |
Full Sun |
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| Aspect: |
South |
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| Exposure: |
Exposed, Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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