Monthly Archives: July 2017

In my last blog post I discussed the succulent plants known to botanists as Sempervivum (Hens-and-Chicks) and Hylotelephium (pronounced ‘high-low-tele-fee-um’). Hylotelephium plants, such as the popular variety ‘Autum Joy’, used to be known botanically as Sedum. This week I will discuss the true Sedums, known botanically as Sedum. Sedums are…

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Succulent plants are desert plants, like cactus, right? Not here in the Catskills, where several are blooming right now. One plant family in particular, the Stonecrop family, known to botanists as the Crassulaceae, is probably best known for the popular house plants such as the Jade Plant and the Kalanchoe,…

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