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Cape Blanco Stonecrop

Cape Blanco Stonecrop

SEDUM spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco'

Blooms Spring through Summer
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Ships as 4"
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Common Name(s)
Stonecrop
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Perennial Zones
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
Up to 6"
Max Spread
Over 24"
Special Features
California Native, Ground cover
Garden Design Role
Ground cover
Bloom Season
Spring, Summer
Lifespan
Perennial
Growing Habit
Ground cover, Mounding
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Yellow
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green
Themes
Cool Blue
Genus
Sedum
Family
Crassulaceae
Ship Size
4"

Cape Blanco Stonecrop is a live 4-inch plant of Sedum spathulifolium, a compact evergreen succulent whose spoon-shaped leaves overlap into tight rosettes coated silver-white. Cold weather pushes the outer leaves toward purple and raspberry, and in late spring short stems lift clusters of small, brilliant yellow stars.

Give it the hard places. It thrives in a crevice between paving stones, along the top of a dry wall, in a gritty rock garden, on a windy coastal slope or in a shallow bowl — anywhere sun and sharp drainage meet. Spreading well past two feet in time, it carpets ground that is awkward to water. What it will not forgive is sitting wet all winter.

Fun fact: That silver coating is a waxy layer the plant lays down on its own leaf surfaces, reflecting sunlight and slowing water loss. It is why the color deepens in bright, dry sites, and why touching a rosette leaves a fingerprint behind.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Drought Tolerance: High
  • Mature Size: Up to 6" tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
  • Lifespan: Perennial
  • Perennial Zones: 5–9
  • Special: California Native, Ground cover

One of the loveliest silver carpets for a dry corner, and it arrives healthy or we replace it free.