Pushing past last year's
Dry stems, grey-green leaves unfurl,
Beginning again.
Autumn Joy sedum -- what a wonderful plant! Easily rooted from a cutting, drought-resistant, winter hardy, it dies back each winter only to start all over in spring.All summer it will grow, taller and taller, and little broccoli-like heads will appear at the ends of each leafy stem. Come fall, those green heads will begin to blush, culminating in a beautiful deep rose aggregation of tiny flowers.
Even in the depths of winter, the dried and blackened stems still retain a certain stark and sculptural elegance in the barren landscape. Then, when the new growth begins to show, I whack off the old stems and stand back so that the cycle of growth and rebirth can continue.
