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Sedum telephium 'Sunset Cloud'

Sunset Cloud Stonecrop

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Shop Available Sedum

Item #: 4661

Zones: 3a to 7b

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 12" tall

Culture: Sun to Part Sun

Origin: Europe

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


In our garden trials, Sedum 'Sunset Cloud' has outperformed the more commonly sold clones of similar appearance such as Sedum 'Vera Jameson' and Sedum 'Bertram Anderson'. Sedum 'Sunset Cloud' is a 1972 hybrid (S. maximum 'Atropurpureum' x S. telephium var. borderi) from the late Jim Archibald's former nursery, The Plantsman. For us, Sedum 'Sunset Cloud' emerges in spring from a dormant rhizome with 1' long arching stems clothed with purple-grey, dollar-sized, round leaves. In midsummer, stems of the 2' wide clump are tipped with russet-red flower heads. We grow this in a well-drained raised bed where its display can be better appreciated.