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Azure Stonecrop

Hylotelephium cyaneum

Azure Stonecrop
Photo: Светлана Царахова, CC0

Azure stonecrop is a low, mat-forming succulent perennial from the Stonecrop family, native to eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East. It grows best with full sun and very well-drained gravel or rocky soil.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Gritty, very well-drained mix such as sand, grit or gravel.
Temperature
Hardy in cold climates; protect from prolonged wet and waterlogged conditions in winter.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Siberia to Russian Far East
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Hylotelephium cyaneum (syn. Sedum cyaneum), commonly known as the azure stonecrop, is a perennial mat-forming succulent groundcover plant of the family Crassulaceae. Its native range is in eastern Siberia and Russian Far East.

Other Hylotelephium plants

Cliff Stonecrop · Pink Mongolian Stonecrop · Hylotelephium sieboldii · Showy stonecrop · Orpine · Stonecrop

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hylotelephium cyaneum 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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