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Hylotelephium spectabile
Also called Butterfly Stonecrop, Iceplant, Debela Koka
Showy stonecrop is a hardy, drought-tolerant succulent perennial from China and Korea, grown for its frosted blue leaves and pink flower heads in late summer. It is easy in full sun with sharp drainage.
Hylotelephium spectabile (syn. Sedum spectabile) is a species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, native to China and Korea. Its common names include showy stonecrop, iceplant, and butterfly stonecrop.
Hylotelephium spectabile is valued in cultivation, and numerous cultivars have been produced. The species and the cultivar 'Brilliant' have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It was introduced to France in the mid-1860s.
Easily grown in pots, it is widely used in decorative beds, rock gardens in particular, or in pots, especially in China where this plant is very widespread. Its flower is used by florists in the composition of bouquets. It is a full sun, drought tolerant, cold- tolerant honeycomb plant (down to −15 °C (5 °F) when fully established). This sedum multiplies by division in spring.
Cliff Stonecrop · Azure Stonecrop · Pink Mongolian Stonecrop · Hylotelephium sieboldii · Orpine · Stonecrop
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hylotelephium spectabile 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.
