My grandmother had a couple of these plants on her patio last time we were visiting (in south Alabama), and when we asked her about it she simply called it an "old fashioned southern plant". She sent one home with us (back to NC) and now I am trying to find out how it will hold up in the zone 7 winters. Any help figuring out what it is would be appreciated.
<i>Hylotelephium ssp.</i>. And if so, I doubt you'll have any trouble wintering them there, as several species are hardy here in zone 3.
abgardeneer, You had me confused for a moment!! Never come across Hylotelephium before.Think the current name is Sedum.
How cute that a plant introduced from Japan and Korea has become an "old fashioned southern plant"!! Its Hylotelephium (formerly Sedum) alboroseum. It is completely winter hardy in zone 7 but will die back to the rootstock in winter.
yeah, current name is sedum. will do fine in your zone 7 - might die down during the coldest months; will come back just fine in the spring though!
Begging to differ, some sedums have been reorganized into Hylotelephium; it is the current genus name.
i'd not heard the terminology until this posting (and assumed it was an old term, duh! i know better than to do that!). when did this change occur?
Hylotelephium H.Ohba, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 90: 46 (1977) type: Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H.Ohba syn. Sedum section Telephium S.F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 539 (1821) Sedum subgenus Telephium (S.F. Gray) R.T. Clausen, Sedum N. Amer. 70 (1975) Anacampseros Miller, Gard. Dict. (Abr.ed. 4) 73 (1754) nom. rej. not Linnaeus (1758) nom. conserv. Telephium J.Hill, Brit. Herb. 36 (1756) not Linnaeus (1753) Ohba, H. (1977) THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF SEDUM TELEPHIUM AND ITS ALLIED SPECIES (CRASSULACEAE). Bot. Mag. Tokyo 90: 41-56, 3 figs.
