Add vibrant, year-round color to your landscape with Sedum spurium 'Tricolor', a beautiful variegated stonecrop featuring green leaves edged in creamy white with soft pink highlights that deepen to rich red in cooler weather. This hardy, low-growing succulent forms a dense mat of colorful foliage, making it an excellent choice for groundcovers, rock gardens, fairy gardens, containers, and living roofs.

During summer, clusters of delicate pink flowers rise above the foliage, attracting bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators. Its tough, drought-tolerant nature allows it to thrive in poor soils, hot sun, and dry conditions once established, while remaining cold hardy enough for northern gardens.

Whether planted between stepping stones, cascading over retaining walls, or filling sunny borders, Sedum 'Tricolor' offers outstanding color, texture, and year-round interest with very little maintenance.

🌾 Key Features

🌿 Variegated green, pink, and white foliage

🌸 Soft pink summer flowers

🍁 Foliage develops rich red tones in fall

☀️ Heat and drought tolerant

🦌 Deer and rabbit resistant

🐝 Attracts bees and butterflies

🌱 Easy-care evergreen succulent

🏡 Excellent groundcover and fairy garden plant

🌿 Plant Details

Botanical Name: Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'

Common Name: Tricolor Stonecrop

Plant Type: Semi-Evergreen Perennial Succulent

Foliage Color: Green, Creamy White & Pink

Flower Color: Pink

Bloom Season: Summer

Mature Height: 3–5 Inches

Spread: 12–18 Inches

Growth Habit: Low, Spreading, Mat-Forming

Light Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Water Needs: Low; Extremely Drought Tolerant Once Established

Soil: Well-Drained Sandy or Gravelly Soil

Hardiness Zones: USDA 4–10

Characteristics: Evergreen, Variegated Foliage, Pollinator Friendly, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Heat Tolerant, Cold Hardy, Low Maintenance, Pet Friendly

🌼 Garden Uses

Perfect for:

• Fairy gardens
• Rock gardens
• Groundcover
• Between stepping stones
• Containers
• Hanging baskets
• Living roofs
• Xeriscape gardens
• Retaining walls
• Border edging
• Lawn alternatives
• Pollinator gardens

Its colorful foliage provides season-long interest while creating a dense, weed-suppressing carpet.

🌸 Companion Plants

Pair Sedum 'Tricolor' with:

• Sempervivum (Hens & Chicks)
• Creeping Thyme
• Delosperma (Ice Plant)
• Lavender
• Echinacea
• Dianthus
• Blue Fescue
• Euphorbia myrsinites
• Agastache
• Creeping Phlox

🌱 Care Instructions

Plant in full sun for the brightest foliage colors.

Grow in well-drained soil to prevent root rot.

Water regularly during establishment, then only occasionally.

Avoid overly wet soil, especially during winter.

Trim lightly in spring to encourage fresh growth.

Propagates easily from stems or divisions.