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Coral beads

Sedum stahlii

Coral beads
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0

Coral beads (Sedum stahlii) is a trailing, branched succulent subshrub from seasonally dry Mexico, grown for its small bean-like leaves. Give it bright light, sharp drainage and infrequent watering, and avoid overwatering.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Bright indirect, Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out completely between waterings; reduce sharply in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus or succulent mix, with added grit or perlite.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 7 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mexico (Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sedum stahlii, the baked beans or coral beads, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is native to seasonally dry areas of the Mexican states of Puebla, Veracruz, and Oaxaca. A succulent subshrub reaching 15 cm (6 in), it is available from commercial suppliers.

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 · Mexican stonecrop

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedum stahlii 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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