The stonecrop, also known as sedum or stonecrop, not only thrives in the garden and on the balcony, but is also very suitable as a houseplant. In this article you will find numerous tips and hints for successfully keeping sedum hens indoors.

The Sedum rubrotinctum is ideal as a houseplant

Suitable sedum species for indoor culture

The table below gives you a good overview of the Sedum species that are particularly suitable for indoor cultivation.

Sedum Art blossom growth habit growth height leaves
Sedum adolphi White upright 15 to 20 cm yellow-green
Sedum allantoides green white bushy up to 30 cm blue-grey
Sedum bellum White flat up to 15 cm, up to 30 cm wide green white
Sedum linear light yellow erect, later hanging 20 to 50 cm light grey-green
Sedum morganianum pink hanging up to 100 cm light grey-green
Sedum pachyphyllum light yellow upright up to 30 cm grey-green
Sedum prealtum light yellow upright up to 60 cm green
Sedum rubrotinctum Red upright up to 20 cm light green to red
Sedum sieboldii pink hanging up to 10 cm blue green
Sedum treleasei yellow flat 10 to 20 cm yellow-green
Sedum palmeri yellow upright 15 to 25 cm green

location and substrate

Above all, it is important to have a bright, preferably sunny location where the plant can enjoy full sun mainly in the mornings and evenings. Shading only makes sense over lunchtime. Succulent soil is suitable as a substrate, after all the sedum plant belongs to the thick-leaf plants.

Caring for sedum: watering, fertilizing, cutting

Since the sedum plant can store water in its leaves, it tolerates dry periods very well. The plant is also very sensitive to high levels of moisture, which is why you should water it regularly but only slightly during the growing season. It is enough to slightly moisten the substrate. Also during the growing season, you should provide your pot-grown sedum hens with a liquid cactus fertilizer about every eight weeks. In the winter break is not fertilized. In the spring you can cut back dried or unattractive shoots to 2/3 of their length, the plant will then sprout again.

Overwinter fat hen in the apartment

During the growth period, the sedum feels at home in a sunny and warm location, but in winter it needs a resting phase of three months. This is best spent at temperatures between five and ten degrees Celsius, with you only rarely (and little!) watering and not fertilizing at all.

tips

Instead of indoors, you can also cultivate Sedum on the balcony all year round.

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