momofdrew said:
are they easy to transplant? I have a clump that needs to be moved...I didnt know sedum was edible!!
Oh my yes. All Sedums and Hylos (that I know of) are tough troopers. Most of the Orpines that I transplanted had bee ripped in half by a plow and a disc. There were plants out in the middle of the field. They were very much disturbed, but didn't show any sign of illness for that.
The Orpine, the Harping Johnny and the Giant Orpine (Hylotelephium telephioides, H. carpaticum and H. spectabile, respectively), are eaten like lettuce. Never tried Orpine, but I here it's sour. - Ahh, according to wikipedia, all Sedums are edible in the leaf department, too.
I also have Iceplant (Sedum acre) and Stonecrop (S. divergens) in the cleft of the bedrock jutting out of my garden. Very pretty. The former blooms in early summer, while the latter blooms in autumn like the Orpine.
The Succulents certainly are an interesting bunch. I think most of them are edible. Orpine and it's fellow species are a salad plant, Purslane and Sedum are tiny, er, more salad plants, and I think Hen and chicks are medicinally used. I haven't found out if Crassula is edible or not.
