Carol DM
I have an Autumn Joy Sedum on my deck. I talk about it every year as it is one of many favorites in my garden. The plant has different phases. The photo above is the final burgundy phase. My favorite. Sort of a heart shape. The sedum starts out as a green plant as shown below.
As the season progresses the cycle begins. This sedum is outgrowing the container. I will probably plant it in Dustin’s garden.
Autumn Joy stonecrop bears an unusual flower well worth growing in its own right. Flowers are sort of clumped together in flat-topped heads that are 3 inches or more across. Autumn Joy’s flowers, which start out green will become pink, then eventually burgundy. The butterflies love this plant. The blooms are flat so it makes sort of a landing pad for them as shown below. I took the photo below last year on my deck.
I am now waiting on the butterflies to enjoy both my Tiger Lilies and my Sedum. As soon as they do I will share photos with you. Have a great day everyone
Photos ©CarolDM2018; ©Dustin4ever
The flowers are really beautiful! Even the green plants without the flowers are nice too. I like the shape of the leaves. 🙂
Great photos! Very pretty flowers and great capture with the butterfly!
Thank you so much for you comment!
Thanks, I appreciate your comments.
Love these, time to do a time-lapse video like Norman did. We need to see the whole glory!
Yes I know, Norman’s videos were amazing!
I think you should do one of your gardens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My gardens are spread out, not like Norman’s, altogether. I have them in the front, on the side, in the back. I may have to do a few videos, not just one like his.
I would say do a walking tour – all three revealed!!!
I have some sedum planted, but it is a trailing plant with tiny leaves and very small, yellow, starburst flowers. The blossoms that have the biggest draw to our garden for butterflies are actually the onion and chive blossoms, which also draw a lot of wild honeybees and bumblebees. When the peppermint and catmint blooms, we get honeybees in droves, but the butterflies tend to ignore them.
Sounds great Rex. I suppose there are thousands of varieties. I have chives and love them for that reason as well. You have a lot of good things going on too.
Great pictures, Carol. I’ve never seen these before but I’ve heard the name.
Thanks Gary, I have had it for years in this container.
You pollinator floozy. Your garden is a veritable Sodom & Gamorrah of pollination
Ha! I have been outed, you are correct. 🙂
Best to come clean on these things and control the narrative…
You make me laugh outloud with your words.
You don’t want fox news spinning you as the “Flower Madam of Narnia”
I will pass on being in that category. There are enough participants out there already.
A wonderful butterfly on the sedum.
Thanks Branka, love the butterflies.
Lovely we don’t have butterflies like yours but the plant, flower and butterfly is lovely. Looking at that we may have the odd butterfly like that but Im not sure if its exactly the same
Thanks Pam, I am waiting on this year’s butterflies to show up. This is a swallowtail butterfly.
Sorry Pam, this is not a swallowtail, I should have said Painted Lady.
More super fantastic captures!
Thank you so much! More favorites.