When I first started landscaping and flower gardening I just didn't like sedum. I don't know why. The previous owners of my house had overused it quite a bit. Maybe that was it. I gave all mine away to my mom. Arriving at her house a few years later while my fledgling flower beds were bare, she had showy, yellow flowers trailing over flower beds that were gorgeous. They were the sedum plants I had given her. My opinion of sedum changed.I have a particular affection for Autumn Joy sedum which is just opening up now in one garden. Ground cover sedum has been planted in many places around the yard as fillers. This sedum is pretty, require very little water, and spreads quickly. They are easily divided and can be shared or moved when they are young. In the picture above you will see an old bird bath that we had a hard time with. When the water was clean, the cats taunted the birds. When the water got dirty it just looked unappealing. Now it is a sedum container garden. It is the best thing that ever happened to that bird bath. If you haven't tried different varieties of sedum, they are a hardy, no fail plant for the growing seasons of the year.
