Plant ID help please.

We have just found this in our border and are not sure what it is, can anyone help? We've removed it for now and potted it up.





Many thanks.

Steve...

 

Keep it!! It is a Sedum plant, and its a nice addition to the flower beds. I have lots of little clumps of it all over the garden, and don't know how they have spread!

The only down side is the fact that it needs good support, but the flowers can be cut, and those that remain give a bit of a winter feature.

Hope this Helps!

 

Sedum. I think they self seed. I have loads.

 

Apparently if you give them the 'Chelsea cut' around mid May, they flower later on shorter stems and so don't need staking.

 

Yes, I'm trying this on a couple of mine this year as an experiment. Its also supposed to give denser blooms and like you say, stops them flopping around.

 

It's a good one, keep it. I like them because they flower late, often going well into autumn after most plants have finished flowering when there isn't much colour.

 

Thank you Marley Farley for the precise id, and thanks to the others for the "extras" too, I'll have to google "Chelsea cut" now.

Many thanks!

Steve...

 

Chelsea cut......... chopping down herbaceous perrenials at the end of May (during Chelsea Flower Show week). the plants will regrow, flower later than if they'd been left (So extending the season), and often sturdier, so not needing so much staking!