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Back in 2023, I planted a pair of John Creech Sedums as groundcover in the small, corner bed by our front walk .  I found them at the end-of-the-season sale at TGP and threw them in without thinking too much about them.   Today, both of those originals are doing well and providing that 'living mulch' layer in a really great way.   So, when I saw this same Sedum at the low price of $2 per small container, I grabbed a pair of them and figured I'd find a home for the groundcover.   The sellers of this plant bill these as 'trail blazers' - and something that can handle a little foot traffic. I'm not so sure about that, but that's what the label (see below) claims: With the new, large pizza oven bed in the back being MOSTLY bare, I decided to put these in along the thin border that abuts the timber retaining wall.  See below for the planting of two sedums: This area gets mid-day sun, so I'll keep an eye on it.  What I'd love to see is to have this...

Fall 2023 is (now) going to be a moment that I'll look back on and think about sedums.  Sedums as groundcover have been on my radar since the success of the volunteer Angelina Sedum that started in our backyard and I've transplanted in a number of places.   The past few weeks have featured a few Sedum that have gone in - a Chicks and Hens Hopewell and a pair of Voodoo Sedum - all of which are IB2DWs and are part of my growing groundcover collection.  When I was at The Growing Place, I came across another new (to me) sedum:  Sedum spurium 'John Creech'.  You can see the sign above in this post.  They say:  A fantastic groundcover.  Distinctive, spoon-shaped leaves.  And it forms 'an extremely tight, dense mat that weeds don't have a chance '.   Who is John Creech?  From the Missouri Botanic Garden listing, they say :   John Creech, former director of the U.S. National Arboreteum, reportedly collected this plant at...