Autumn Joy stonecrop
Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'
- Size
- 0.5 m tall, 0.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun
- Hardy to
- -35 degrees
- Flowers
- September to October
- Border planting
- Bees and butterflies
- Late food for bees
- Shape that holds through winter
- Takes a dry spell
Safety
Nothing on our safety list for this plant.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Perennials
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Size when mature
- 0.5 m tall, 0.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry, medium
- Soil
- sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- 6 to 8
- Hardy to
- -35 degrees
- Flowers
- September to October
- For pollinators
- Very good
- Water
- Low water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Steady
- In Europe
- Introduced
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Not toxic · Dogs: Not toxic · Cats: Not toxic
Design a garden with this plant
The studio draws a plan for your own plot and picks plants that suit its light and soil. It needs no account.
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Lists it is on
- Plants for bees and butterflies60 plantsForage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.
- Drought tolerant plants42 plantsA garden that gets through July without a hose starts with the plant list.
- Plants safe with children and pets39 plantsNothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.
