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Autumn Stonecrop - Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'

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Autumn Stonecrop Autumn Stonecrop - Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' dylan Bristol 25 Jun 2025, 1:11 a.m. 21 Jun 2025, 3:19 p.m.
Autumn Stonecrop Autumn Stonecrop - Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' dylan Bristol 25 Jun 2025, 1:11 a.m. 21 Jun 2025, 3:19 p.m.
Autumn Stonecrop Autumn Stonecrop - Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' dylan Bristol 25 Jun 2025, 1:11 a.m. 21 Jun 2025, 3:20 p.m.

Species Description

Hylotelephium spectabile x H. telephium = H. × mottramianum 'Herbstfreude'. Commonly grown in gardens and sometimes gets discarded.

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Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' (Sedum 'Herbstfreude'; H. spectabile x H. telephium) - Autumn Stonecrop.

Differs from H. spectabile in most leaves alternate, with narrowly cuneate (not broadly cuneate to rounded) base, suberect petals, and stamens 0 or only up to about 2mm; sterile. Neophyte-survivor; grown and escaped as for H. spectabile; scattered in Britain, relative abundances uncertain, garden origin. Often translated as 'Autumn Joy'.

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