Northwest Blooms · Perennials
Sedum telephium 'Lajos'
Autumn Charm Sedum
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Height
- 12 to 18 in
- Width
- 12 to 18 in
- Flower color
- Soft pink flowers that eventually develop brick red tones as they age
- Foliage color
- Variegated green leaves edged with creamy yellow that lightens later in the season
- Bloom time
- Late summer to early fall
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Low to moderate moisture
- Maintenance
- Low, remove spent flower clusters in late fall or early spring, divide clumps if centers thin with age
- Growing zone
- USDA zones 3 to 9
- Wildlife
- Bees, butterflies, late-season pollinators
About this plant
Sedum telephium 'Lajos' features fleshy, gray-green leaves edged with creamy yellow margins that often lighten toward near-white as the season progresses. In late summer to early fall, dense clusters of buds open into rounded heads of numerous tiny star-shaped, soft pink blossoms that can deepen to richer tones as bloom season advances.
In garden settings, 'Lajos' is well suited to borders, mixed perennial beds, rock gardens, and container plantings where its colorful leaves and prolonged floral display enrich late-season interest. The mounded habit makes it effective in mass plantings and as a cut flower, drawing pollinators while contributing texture and garden structure through summer and into fall.
Works well in
Borders · Sun Gardens · Pollinator Gardens · Waterwise Gardens · Containers
Companion plants
Salvias · Shasta daisies · Asters · Catmint · Coreopsis · Bearded irises
Design tip
Fall bloom is its strength, and it earns a place near a path or seating area used late in the year. Give it open sun and room to fill out, and repeat it in threes or fives so the planting reads as one sweep instead of scattered dots.
Where to see it
This plant can be seen at the Monrovia Oregon Trial Garden.
