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When there's no Joy left in your Sedum "Autumn Joy"
I remember picking up this plant at Bunnings about 2 seasons ago as we tried adding some autumn colour to our garden. I was infatuated with the colour of the foliage and even more impressed when they began to flower.
However, winter followed autumn and the foliage began to turn yellow and eventually brown and finally withered completely.
I had no idea what was going on and there didn't seem to be a wealth of material on this plant that could advise me in any practical way. I poured on some fertiliser, increased the water rate - then hastily decreased it, checked the soil for problems...and that's when I found it. Or should I say, found them!
These little nodes at the bottom of their elongated stalks were beginning to protrude from the soil's surface. It was then I realised what was happening. This sedum was replenishing itself after it had spent all last year's growth.
I cut the stalks back to ground level and as expected the nodes became stalks and eventually the stalks bore blooms. Such is the cycle of life when it comes to the Sedum "Autumn Joy".
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You should see the sedum stalks poking up through half a metre of snow here in the winter. It makes the little nodes all the more miraculous.
Posted by: steven | June 11, 2006 8:22 AM
I'm guessing the stalk colours against the snow backdrop would make an amazing scene as well.
Posted by: Stu | June 12, 2006 5:46 AM
Wow! After reading this post, I rushed out to check out our sedum and...the plants were gone! But then I looked closer and there were those little nodes poking out of the soil. I guess hubby cut back the stalks, will have to email him to ask him, he's in China on business.
Posted by: Val | June 17, 2006 3:17 PM
Regarding Sedum, once it has died down for the season and the little nodes start to show, you can carefully separate some of them from the parent plant, leave them in potting mix in small pots for the winter, and then plant them out the following Spring once the roots are down to the bottom holes in the pot.
Posted by: Mel Forbes | June 17, 2006 4:32 PM
Great tip Mel.
Val - isn't it cool to see them coming up again.
Posted by: Stu | June 17, 2006 7:44 PM
it is August in MD and my "Autumn Joy" has its leaves begun breaking off...or maybe they're being chewed off? this plant was one of the sturdiest in my garden until this month. i thought they liked dry and heat..??? anyone have this happen to them?
Posted by: Potsie | August 9, 2007 2:29 AM
Chloe, I’m not sure how ‘dry’ you’re meaning but Autumn Joy doesn’t enjoy being too dry. While this plant is a succulent it seems to appreciate being kept quite moist for it to do well. Try watering it every few days and see if it picks up. Being too dry is the only explanation I have for what your plants sounds like it’s doing.
Posted by: Stuart | August 9, 2007 6:07 AM