Common Name: Woodland Stonecrop

Latin Name: Sedum ternatum

Height: 4-8 inches

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: White

Bloom Time: April - June

Water Use: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry

Soil: Loamy or rocky soil with decaying leaf mold

Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial, Shade

Spreads via seeds or clonal offsets (stems establish contact with moist ground, they can form the rootlets of clonal plants at their nodes).

Host Plant: Sedum Aphid (Aphis sedi) and the aphid Aphis acrita

Pollinators:  various kinds of bees,  less often, wasps and flies visit flowers of these plants. 

Other Information: This plant will adjust to whatever sunlight it receives but maintains better form in full or partial sun.  Deep shade will produce lankier, looser mats.  There should be some protection from prevailing winds and hot afternoon sun.         

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