The Complete Sedum 'Pork and Beans' Plant Care Guide: Water, Light & Beyond (2024)

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How do you care for Sedum and pork and beans? ›

“Pork and Beans” is not cold hardy, so if you live in a zone that gets colder than 20° F (-6.7° C), it's best to plant this succulent in a container that can be brought indoors. It does well in full sun to partial shade. Plant in an area of your garden that gets 6 hours of sunlight a day.

How often to water your Sedum 'Pork and Beans' Sedum 'Pork and Beans' needs 0.8 cups of water every 12 days when it doesn't get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5.0" pot.

Sedum is a succulent so it will always prefer a dry, loose, sandy soil that drains well. It does not grow well in conditions that are wet and heavy. Mountain stonecrop can handle moister soil, but it must be well-draining. Sedums can be grown in shallow, rocky soil.

The sedums we chose have one thing in common: they'll all survive indoors as well as out if you give them the growing conditions they like.

Crispy leaves and faded colors signal too much sun for Sedum 'Little Missy'. Morning sun, afternoon shade - aim for 4-6 hours of full sun. Adjust placement seasonally and use shading to prevent sun damage.

All of the soil should be dry before watering again. If the soil is still moist, you risk giving your sedum too much water which can make it start to rot.

Third, one of the most overlooked rules when it comes to watering succulents is the time of day. Succulents should never be watered past 2pm in the Summer or 11am the rest of the year. Don't ask us where this rule came from, but it really does seem to make a difference. Photo: Checking to make sure the soil is dry.

Full grown succulents don't actually like to be misted. They thrive in arid climates, so when you mist them, you are changing the humidity around the plant. This can lead to rot as well. Use misting for propagation babes to lightly provide water to their delicate little roots.

The best way to determine if your succulent is dehydrated due to lack of water is through its leaves. If the leaf feels crispy and starting to have wrinkly and shriveled up leaves, then it's the best time to give your succulent a good soak of water, as these signs are indications of underwatering.

The important thing to look at when deciding whether to water sedum is the soil. If the top inch of the soil feels dry, then it needs a drink of water. Sedums have thick fleshy leaves that store water. The first sign that the sedum is in desperate need of water is if the plant starts to look wilted and droopy.

How do you keep sedum looking good? ›

Sedum do best in full sun (six or more hours) with the majority of this in the afternoon. The other cause could be too much fertilizer or overly rich soil. The "overfed" plant puts on excessive growth in spring and summer and come fall, the long, lanky stems are incapable of supporting large flower heads.

Light: Sedum (or 'stone crop flower') do best in full to part sun. While taller hybrids need full sun to flower their best, creeping types will grow fine in part shade. Soil: Sedums like a very well-drained soil with a neutral to slightly alkaline pH. Wet, heavy clay can lead to root and stem rot.

Sedum make great container plants! Start by choosing a pot that's no more than double the width of the plastic container the sedum came in.

Sedum can be planted in any location with plenty of sun and well-draining soil that is slightly acidic or neutral. There are two main types of sedums: creeping or upright. The creeping types are great as groundcovers in rock gardens and growing through cracks in walls.

Opening flower buds produce a mass of half-inch, five-petaled blooms in the shape of a sharp-pointed star. This floral display is a progressive event with the plants blooming for about eight weeks. With such an extended blooming period, they are a favorite with butterflies.

If you have sedums growing in your borders, they will need to be cut down annually after the end of their growing season. Many gardeners will choose to do this task ahead of winter, while there are others who see virtue in holding off on chopping back until spring.

Sedums are hardy, tolerating frost and below freezing temperatures. Upright sedums will die back to the ground, but the remaining stalks with spent flowers will offer color and food for the birds. If you wish, you can prune the stalks to the ground. It will not harm the plant or the spring's new growth.

Creeping sedums can root along the stems, so dividing is a little different than the clumping sedums. In early spring, dig up the whole plant, cut it in half and reset one half of the plant back in the same whole. It will quickly regrow to fill in the blank area.