How to Plant a Sedum Pot

Sedum is a succulent plant.

Sedum, like all succulents, requires little water or soil nutrition to grow well. Sedum is a hardy perennial, often grown as a ground cover in rock gardens and other areas where most plants don't grow well. Sedum also provides a suitable potted plant, either indoors or out. While small pots of sedums are available at many nurseries, you can plant your own from cuttings from existing plants. Sedums readily root from leaf cuttings. Fill several pots with the cuttings from just two or three plants.

Things You'll Need

• Pot
• Potting soil
• Knife

Instructions

1. Fill the pot with a well-drained potting soil, such as 2 parts peat moss and 1 part sand. Use a pot with pre-drilled drainage holes.

2. Cut leaves from the outer margin of the sedum plant, using a clean knife. Make the cut at the base of the plant or just at soil level.

3. Push the cut edge of the leaf into the potting soil until it stands up on its own. Plant multiple plants in a single pot by spacing them 4 inches apart.

4. Fill the drip tray under the pot with water. Leave the pot to soak until the soil surface becomes moist, then dump the excess water out of the drip tray.

5. Set the pot in a window that receives full sunlight or place the pot outdoors in a full-sun location. Water the soil when the top 1 inch feels dry to the touch. Sedums root and resume growth within one to two weeks.

Tips & Warnings

• Many varieties of sedum are available, including those with colorful leaves and types that flower.

• Sedum grows well in terracotta strawberry pots. Plant a different variety in each side pocket of the pot.

References

• University of California Extension: Sedums
• Washington State University: Stonecrop