Guess the plant

[dtw]

I found this rather nice plant in my garden.



There was only one of them in the whole garden.
Does anybody know what it is?

I suspect you are going to tell me it's a weed. :(

[dtw]

[froglets]

Hi,

Looks like some kind of Sedum or stonecrop

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

looks like Sedum "Autumn Joy" which I used to call Sedum maximum, but seems now to be called Hylotelephium telephium  ???

[star]

Yes it is sedum and  that new name wot RT said ;D

Flutterbyes love it ;)

[dtw]

At least it's not a weed.  :D

I had a look on Wikipedia, and it's used on 'green roofs' instead of grass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum#Sedum_roofing

I was thinking of what to do with my lawn area in my garden (there's no grass there at the moment).
I think I will cover it in Sedum of various colours with some shaped concrete slabs to put pots on.

[star]

However DTW, you wouldn't want to grow that particular one on a roof, it gets too big for that. All the others on the link are smaller alpine varieties  ;)

[jeanaustin]

The Sedum seen growing on old Suffolk pantile roofs is 'Sedum acre' also called stonecrop
I haven't seen any other Sedums growing on pantiles, but presumably for a living roof, soil or compost is added first.

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

what you want to grow on the roof of your house are Houseleeks or Sempervivums cus as everyone knows, they protect you from bolts of lightning

[Hyacinth]

That's the one my mum called 'ice plant' & it comes in either a pale lilac-y colour or deep rose.

I only know two plants - and that's one of them 8)

Just waiting for a pic of the second to show up now and I can display my extensive horticultural knowledge ;D

[star]

You crack me up Lish ;D ;D ;D

[jennym]

Didn't know this had changed names, it's Hylotelephium spectabile, formerly Sedum spectabile.
Got lots of them here, they don't like shade as they get very tall and leggy and floppy, far better grown in full sun. And the birds do like the seeds, I leave the dried flowers/seeds on all winter and get little birds perching on them to knock the seeds out and then rummage about beneath.

[Hyacinth]

Didn't know this had changed names, it's Hylotelephium spectabile, formerly Sedum spectabile.

That's what I was thinking of!...my mum was a very 'spectable lady.. :D