Species · genus Sedum · Crassulaceae

Rocky Moss-rose Stonecrop

Sedum japonicum Siebold ex Miq.

Growth habit
succulent subshrub
Native range
China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
Reference · S. japonicum

Cultivars of S. japonicum

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under S. japonicum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Sedum japonicum is a low succulent subshrub from East Asia, storing water in its fleshy leaves and rotting if kept wet. Give it gritty, fast-draining mix and plenty of bright light, ideally some direct sun. Water deeply only once the soil has dried fully through; if the leaves stay plump it can wait longer.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified
Light
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water
ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)
Humidity
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil
ai:claude-fable-5
Care
ai:claude-fable-5
Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

5–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings or division of the spreading mat

Fertilizing

Light dilute succulent feed once or twice in the growing season

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Small yellow flowers in spring

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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