#sedum

[plains-flora]

september 5, 2020 // common buckeye

[margocooper]

Очиток (седум) рубротинктум. Июль 25. Sedum rubrotinctum. July 25.

[blooming-lenses]

sedum

2025/03/01

[cactguy]

The Gardens on Spring Creek - Fort Collins, CO

The gardens were not lacking in compelling texture!

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Beautiful outdoor patch of succulents, many of them blooming.

[nagaino]

[smilingwind]

Чтобы увидеть звёзды, не обязательно ждать ночи и глядеть в небо. Иногда достаточно посмотреть под ноги💫

[snototter]

Cockerell's stonecrop (Sedum cockerelli) in Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA

by Alan Cressler

[semprvivum]

Sedum 'Burrito'

[uwmspeccoll]

A Goose Family Feathursday

Mildred and Horace Start a Family!!

Every spring for the past few years a mating pair of Canada Geese take up residence on the green roof outside our window for a couple of weeks. We've named them Horace and Mildred, and we did a post about them in 2021. We wondered if they would ever establish a nest in the roof's sedum, but they just hang out for a few weeks and then depart. This year they finally decided that our roof was suitable to start a family and about 20 days ago Mildred set up housekeeping with a downy nest and six eggs near one of the vents on the roof. We are all very excited here in Special Collections, and we maintain daily goose alerts!

Mildred will incubate her brood for about 30 days, rarely leaving the nest. She is a very devoted mother. Horace on the other hand is usually gone during the day, so we rarely see him. Canada Geese are monogamous and mate for life, so we don't think he's cheating on Mildred, but we all thought he would be more present as the male usually hangs about to help guard the nest, but apparently he has other ideas.

We should see some hatchlings in about ten days or so, and we'll bring you an update then. While we are interested in seeing the couple nest on our roof, we also have concerns. There is no water, and the goslings will be susceptible to falling off the roof and becoming prey to raptors and other avian predators, especially the peregrine falcons that raise their own families on the nearby roofs of our campus's tallest buildings. Nature will have its way, but we do hope that Mildred and Horace have strategies for keeping their family safe.

Stay tuned!

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[plains-flora]

september 5, 2020 // common buckeye

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 17 August 2024

Growing on this stone wall in Stromness, Orkney was Sedum spurium (Caucasian stonecrop, crimson stonecrop, large fringed stonecrop). This is a vigorous, mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with fleshy leaves on a spreading, rooting stems. The flowers are produced in late summer being pink or white in colour.

Jill Raggett

[uxbridge]

April-May wildflowers 1

[eunnuiphyte]

ID: Sedum pachyclados 🌿 ' Gray Stonecrop'

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Sempervivum and hardy sedum, February 2025

[indigrassy]

Work those angles