Hylotelephium telephium Peach Pearls - Stonecrop

Sedum telephium 'Peach Pearls' is a very beautiful selection of the Orpine, which offers foliage coloured in burgundy red, a exuberant flowering in shades of pink gold and cream, and a very attractive wide and bushy habit. This perennial plant is decorative from spring to autumn, it flowers from the first year and its flowers feed bees in August-September. Resistant to frost as well as to drought, it works wonders in flower beds, rockeries, borders, and on sunny terraces.

Sedum telephium (synonyms Hylotelephium telephium, Sedum purpurascens) is a hardy perennial plant from the family Crassulaceae. It is native to central Europe, particularly the Caucasus, the region of Bithynia in Turkey, and Siberia. In France, this species has become naturalized in many regions where it can be found growing among rocks, at the base of hedges, and in the undergrowth. It is a nearly indestructible plant, capable of tolerating shade, moist or dry soils.

Hylotelephium telephium Peach Pearls has recently been introduced to the horticultural market. This plant, which rests in winter, quickly forms a bushy and rounded clump, wider than it is tall. Its foliage reaches 50cm in flower (35cm for the leaves) and 60cm in width. It is composed of strong stems of brick red colour carrying oval, thick leaves, which are arranged alternately and without petioles. This deciduous foliage displays remarkable shades: dark red with brown reflections, sometimes with traces of olive green. These nuances vary depending on the climatic conditions, the amount of light and water received. Its flowering, particularly abundant, takes place in August-September. It takes the form of multiple dense, rounded, almost flattened inflorescences, consisting of carmine red buds. These open into small star-shaped flowers ranging from golden pink to peach and cream yellow. The overall effect creates a stunning gradient of soft and warm tones on the plant. This nectariferous flowering is highly prized by pollinating insects. The vegetation of this sedum emerges from the ground each spring and dries up in autumn.

The Orpines or Sedums are proof that a poor soil can also offer beautiful specimens with generous flowering. If your soil is not rich, rather dry, even stony, or even slightly chalky, you can still enjoy hardy perennials (they can withstand temperatures below -15°C), which require no maintenance and promise to animate the garden with a constant flight of butterflies. These succulents are among the easy-going plants and offer flowers and foliage in various shades that allow for all garden fantasies, whether in flower beds or in pots.

Sedum Peach Pearls offers a unique range of colours and a very beautiful habit that allows for multiple associations. It can be planted in rockeries, at the front of a raised flower bed, on a slope, above a low wall, anywhere the soil is not at risk of being waterlogged in winter. The blue flowers highlight the soft and warm shades of this Peach Pearls variety, especially those of perennial flax, wild chicory, or Nepeta 'Cat's Pyjamas' for example. The salmon pink flowers of some yarrows ('Peachy Seduction', 'Red Velvet') also blend well with this sedum. In a natural setting, you can mix it, for example, with Stipa tenuifolia grasses and grey-leaved plants that often tolerate these difficult living conditions, just like it does. You will create an unforgettable scene by combining it with autumn asters ('Calliope', 'Little Carlow'). Magnificent in its appearance in a container, it is also an excellent flower for drying or for bouquets.