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Hylotelephium
Also called Orpine, Live Forever, Upright Stonecrops
Hylotelephium is a genus of about 33 succulent perennials in the stonecrop family, popular garden plants also called sedum, live-for-ever or orpine. Commonly grown members are upright garden stonecrops that need sun and well-drained soil.
Hylotelephium is a genus of flowering plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. It includes about 33 species distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Species in the genus, formerly included in Sedum, are popular garden plants, known as sedum, stonecrop, live-for-ever, or orpine. Horticulturalists have hybridised many of the species to create new cultivars. Many of the newer ones are patented, so may not be propagated without a license.
Cliff Stonecrop · Azure Stonecrop · Pink Mongolian Stonecrop · Hylotelephium sieboldii · Showy stonecrop · Orpine
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hylotelephium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
