biting stonecrop
Sedum acre
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size1 to 4 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Creeping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Biting stonecrop (Sedum acre) is a succulent for rock gardens, containers, ground cover, and borders. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. It creeps along the ground and grows fast, so give it room to spread. Yellow flowers draw bees and butterflies.
Pairs well with Black Scallop bugle, Lanceleaf coreopsis, and Prairie dropseed.
Native range
Europe, Central Asia, Africa, Arctic, and 6 more places. See all 10
Europe, Central Asia, Africa, Arctic, East Aegean Is., Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, and Türkiye.