A dense groundcover producing small, rounded green foliage that takes on rich coral tones in summer and winter; a drought-tolerant perennial that does well in poor soils, a great choice for containers, edging and rock gardens
Coral Carpet Stonecrop is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Coral Carpet Stonecrop features showy clusters of white flowers with shell pink overtones at the ends of the stems in early summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive small succulent oval leaves emerge coral-pink in spring, turning light green in colour with showy coral-pink variegation and tinges of coppery-bronze. The foliage often turns coppery-bronze in fall. The red stems can be quite attractive.
Coral Carpet Stonecrop will grow to be only 3 inches tall at maturity extending to 8 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 15 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 15 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.
Coral Carpet Stonecrop is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. Because of its spreading habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
