About
Known commonly as jelly-beans or pork and beans, *Sedum rubrotinctum* is a popular ornamental succulent prized for its distinctive ability to change from green to red during the summer months.
Field notes
Morphology
The leaves change color from green to red during the summer months, and the plant produces bright yellow flowers from between the leaves in mid-spring.
Distribution & habitat
Mexico
Cultivation notes
It is easily grown as an ornamental plant in gardens and pots, tolerating most soil types except those that are poorly drained. New plants can be propagated from dropped or separated leaves. Note that the plant is poisonous and may cause irritation when ingested or touched.
History & etymology
The species was first described in 1948 and is considered an artificial hybrid between Sedum pachyphyllum and Sedum stahlii.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Mexico
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- easy