Orange Stonecrop 'Weihenstephaner'
Family: Crassulaceae (Orphine
Family)
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Hardiness Zones: 3-8
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Height: 3-6 inches
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Spread: 3 to 12 inches
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Bloom Time: June to August
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Bloom: tiny, star-shaped golden-yellow flowers (to 1/2 inch)
bloom in flat-topped clusters; flowers acquire pink tones with age and mature
to small fruits which turn russet red in fall
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Light: full sun
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Soil: average, well-drained
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Moisture: dry to medium; avoid
over-watering; protect from excessive winter wet
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Use: beds and borders, ground cover,
rock garden, rock wall crevasses,
containers
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Care: low maintenance; cut back after
flowering to maintain shape or leave seed heads over winter; for ground-cover,
tip cuttings may be rooted directly in soil around established plants; may be
divided in spring
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Concerns: no serious insect or disease
problems; may be subject to crown or root rots in wet conditions
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Native to: species native to northern China
and Kamchatka Peninsula
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Notes: compact, low-growing,
semi-evergreen succulent forms a foliage mat which spreads by trailing stems
and underground rhizomes; gray-green
foliage with thick, scalloped, spoon-shaped dark-green leaves (3/4 to 1 1/2
inches long); leaves turn beet-red to purple in fall; tolerates drought,
shallow rocky soil, and air pollution; deer tolerant; rabbit tolerant
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Supplier: The Flower Factory
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Teaching Garden Location
& Code: Rock Garden C278
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