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Mexican stonecrop

Sedum mexicanum

In Singapore: Mexican Sedum, Mexican Stonecrop, 松叶佛甲草 (Grown in Singapore)

Mexican stonecrop
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0

Mexican stonecrop (Sedum mexicanum), also called Lemon Coral, is a trailing succulent with small bright green leaves and yellow flowers, widely grown as a groundcover or hanging-basket plant. It thrives in full sun to bright light with sharp drainage and infrequent watering.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply, then let the soil dry out almost completely before watering again; reduce watering in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus or succulent mix, or gritty loam with added sand or perlite.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mexico (Puebla, Chiapas) to Guatemala
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sedum mexicanum, commonly known as the Mexican stonecrop or Lemon Coral, is a flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae.

Other Sedum plants

Stonecrop · Biting Stonecrop · White Stonecrop · Sedum brissemoretii · Broad Leaved Stonecrop · Thick-leaf stonecrop · Tree stonecrop · Euxinian Stonecrop · Sedum humifusum · Spearleaf stonecrop · Needle stonecrop · Small Fruited Stonecrop

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedum mexicanum 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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