Michigan Sedum

Sedum is the sculptural, succulent star of the late-summer field. Thick, sturdy stems are topped with broad, flattened clusters of countless tiny star-shaped flowers that start out a cool green and slowly deepen to dusty pink, rose, and rich rust as the season turns. That evolving color and the substantial, textural head make it a wonderful focal or filler, one that reads as unmistakably autumn.

Commonly called stonecrop, border Sedum (now often classed as Hylotelephium) is a hardy perennial succulent rather than a Michigan native, and our growers raise the tall cutting types. It is superbly suited to our climate, thriving through heat and returning fuller each year, then coming into its own just as the cooler weeks of fall arrive.

For our farmers sedum is a gift of a stem: tough, remarkably long-lasting, and full of texture. It anchors an autumn bouquet, mixes into everything from dahlias to grasses, and even dries well for everlasting arrangements.