This small perennial succulent forms rounded habit with soft creeping stems. It has grey green oblong fleshy leaves and the star-shaped pink flowers appear in dense clusters above the foliage during late summer.

Hardiness zones 5 to 10

Sedum spectabileis naturally found from China to Korea growing in well-drained moderately fertile soils and preferring an open sunny position but tolerates a semi-shaded position and is frost and drought tolerant by storing moisture in the fleshy leaves.

Ice Plant is a succulent that is grown for its flowers and ease of care. It is planted in small gardens in rockeries as a specimen in a garden bed. It establishes from division in 1 to 2 years and is suitable for cool climates where it dies back in winter and reshooting from rootstocks in spring. It is also planted in pots and tubs and is suitable for coastal or inland regions. ID 1652

syn. Hylotelephium spectabile

Sedum(SAY-dum) spectabile(spek-TAB-ee-le)

Crassulaceae(krass-yoo-LAY-see-ee)
Stonecrops and Houseleakes