Trying to choose the best types of sedums for sustainable gardening is enough to make you feel like a kid in a candy shop. Whether sprawled like carpets of color amidst rocks or bobbling delicately ...

The Sedum genus known as stonecrops, comprises 400 to 500 species, many of which are low-growing and well-suited for use as ground cover. Creeping sedum varieties quickly spread, reaching heights of ...

What: The diminutive succulent leaves of Oregon stonecrop are bright green — sometimes with a cherry red to burgundy blush — with golden yellow flowers on stems 2 to 6 inches tall. The evergreen ...

A long-lived perennial from the milkweed family, butterflyweed is native to much of North America. This drought-resistant ...

Succulents are some of the easiest plants to take care of, thriving with minimal water and attention while still adding eye-catching colors and unique shapes to your garden. Even if you have ...

I visited a stand of bristlecone pines at tree line on Mount Evans several summers ago, in early July. Bristlecone and limber pines at tree line evoke reverence, for some survive for more than ...

Stonecrop Gardens, originally the home of Frank and Anne Cabot, became a public garden in 1992 under the direction of Caroline Burgess. Frank Cabot is also the founder of the Garden Conservancy. The ...

Stonecrop Gardens was originally the private Cold Spring home of Anne and the late Frank Cabot, the horticultural visionary who founded the nonprofit Garden Conservancy in 1989 and went on to create a ...

London-based architecture firm Featherstone Young recently completed Stonecrop, a new home in Rutland, East Midlands that’s also an example of how thoughtful architecture can draw new interest to ...

Sloping green roofs top the two distinct wings of Stonecrop, a British house designed by Featherstone Young to be adaptable and energy efficient. Located in a designated conservation area in Rutland, ...