How to plant and care for Sedum (Autumn Joy)

Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'

🌸 Flower 🔁 Perennial

Fleshy grey-green leaves and broad flower heads that turn from pink to brick red in autumn, crowded with butterflies.

When to plant and care for it

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Flowers

Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.

On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 45 cm apart, and firm in.
0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.

March
Cut Back Old Growth
Leave the dead heads for winter frost patterns; cut them off when new shoots appear.
May
Chelsea Chop (Optional)
Cut stems back by a third so they do not flop open later.
September
In Flower
Pink heads covered in butterflies and bees.