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Penthorum sedoides, Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Ditch Stonecrop

  • Average to high moisture soils
  • Full sun to partial shade
  • 24” tall, 12” to 18” wide
  • Mid summer to mid fall blooms and seed heads
  • Native to Ontario, thrives in high moisture areas

New to me this year, grown from seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery 

https://www.prairiemoon.com/penthorum-sedoides-ditch-stonecrop-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

A showy species that I’ve been told adapts well to garden conditions.

Recommended in Lorraine Johnson’s blog post Ghost Plants about hard to source species deserving of wider planting in Ontario gardens

Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details.

Photos by: Fritzflohrreynolds, peganum from Henfield, England and peganum Via Wikimedia Commons

 


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Species that were not sown / aren't being sown for 2023 are marked with an * 
Species that are native to this continent, but not historically native to Ontario are marked with a ~ 
While it rarely comes up, I do reserve the right to limit plant quantities, mostly to help ensure that as many native plant gardens as possible become a reality
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