It rooted, overwintered, and in the spring, I moved my new plant back to the front yard garden where it still grows today. When I found my sad-looking maroon sprig lying in my front yard garden, I simply planted it in an empty space in one of my raised beds. If you plant your sedum seedling in a container to display throughout the summer, gardeners who live in zones with cold winter temperatures will want to plant their sedum in the ground (so it doesn’t freeze in the pot) or overwinter it indoors. Propagating sedums earlier in the season means your plant will have time to become established in the garden before the winter. Depending on when in the season you’ve taken your cutting (and where you live), you’ll either want to plant the sedum in the garden or plant it in a pot and overwinter it indoors to plant next spring. Once you see roots starting to form, usually after a few weeks, you can plant your new sedum. Then, you simply wait for it to develop roots! Be sure to regularly change out the water. Propagating a sedum stem is as easy as snipping it from the host plant, and removing the lower leaves so that they are not sitting in water. Be sure to change the water every few days to prevent it from going stagnant and your stem from rotting. Place your jar in a bright area, like a windowsill or outside on a sheltered patio table. Place your stem in a jar filled with room temperature water or rainwater, so that it covers the leaf node (but not any leaves). Gently remove any other leaves that would be sitting in the water. How to propagate sedum from stem cuttings in waterĬhoose a stem from a healthy sedum plant that’s about six inches (15 cm) long, and make your cut using a clean pair of scissors below a leaf node. However, if an empty area starts to appear in the center, the plant can be divided into two or more plants. This is a healthy clumping sedum (‘Autumn Joy’). Replant a piece in its original spot, and dig in the new piece(s) in an area of the garden that has well-draining soil and full to part sun. Use a soil knife to cut the plant into sections measuring about 12 inches (30 centimetres) in diameter. In the spring, as you start to see growth, gently dig around the whole crown of the plant. A dead area in the center of the plant is a good indication that the plant is ready to be divided. How to make new sedum plants by divisionĬlumping sedum plants eventually spread outwards. She’ll ensure the plants are in the ground in the fall, so they have time to become established and survive the winter. My mom regularly propagates sedum in water, and then transfers the plants once they root to a container filled with potting soil. All of these different varieties can easily be propagated to create new plants. You’ll often find them in rock gardens, in the aforementioned sedum “carpet” placement, and on rooftops. And I also grow several varieties of groundcover sedums (that are considered creeping), which spread outwards or tumble over rocks out of small crevices. I have taller sedums, like ‘Autumn Joy’, which fall into the former category. If you want to create new plants to add to other areas of a garden, I’m going to explain how to propagate sedum a couple of different ways. I transplanted it back to my front yard garden once it was a healthy plant. All I did to propagate the sad, leftover stem was plant it in one of my raised beds, where I nursed it back to health with little to no effort. My plant sale sedum went from small plant to abandoned sprig, back to a healthy plant that flowers each summer. When I was planting the sedum mats for the front yard “carpet” that appeared in Gardening Your Front Yard, the odd piece would come loose, roots and all, so it was easy to just plant the sedum somewhere else in the garden. I’ll often gently yank them out and simply put them in the garden, covering the roots in soil. I’ve found some of my creeping sedums have popped up in unexpected places, like between the cracks of my concrete walkway. They’re also hardy and don’t mind being moved around. I love that the plants are low-maintenance and drought tolerant, and attract pollinators. I grow several different varieties of sedum plants in my gardens. So I dug that sad piece of sedum into the soil to see what it would do. I have an area in a raised bed that I use as a nurse garden or holding area for plants I don’t know what to do with. That was my first effort in figuring out how to propagate sedum-and how easy it is. I planted it in my front yard garden, only to come out one day and discover the plant gone and a sad-looking, leftover sprig lying abandoned on top of the soil. A few years ago, I brought home a gorgeous maroon sedum from a plant sale.
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