Sedum, Hylotelephium, Phedimus and Rhodiola

[FrazerHenderson]

Issue 145 just published:

- variety in Sedum dasyphyllum
- Sedum fusiforme on Madeira by Marco Cristini
- Bondegarten, Sweden (possibly the largest collection ever of Sedum; includes a list of all Sedum senso lato grown there)
- range expansion of Chlamydatus evanescens the 'Stonecrop bug'

plus various smaller articles (e.g. on seed growing successes),

and the comprehensive seed distribution (seeds free to members of the Sedum Society) and details of the extensive cuttings exchange.

Society membership still only £12 UK, £20 Europe, $30 US or rest of the world for four fully illustrated colour magazines, seed distribution, cuttings exchange (UK only, Europe only or US only) and access to society resources.

[FrazerHenderson]

Issue 146 published:

- Sempervivum x funkii in Belgium
- Bulgarian site of Sedum stefco destroyed
- Welsh stonecrops in situ with site photographs

plus a range of shorter, interesting articles, book reviews (The Genus Aeonium (Marco Cristini) and A Gardener's Guide to Jovibarba (Dr Steve Furness)) and a review of stonecrops on postage stamps.

[FrazerHenderson]

Issue 147 just published:

- Petrosedum xestrelae: site locality revisited
- Sedum multiceps and the armchair naturalist
- Serra de Monchique plants
- Kalanchoe petitiana
- Hylotelephium leaf miners
- Plant hunting on Gran Canaria

plus book review and society notices.

[FrazerHenderson]

Issue 148 has been published:

- review of life of plant collector Grigory Nikolajevic Potanin
- discussion of origin of Sedum palmeri
- report of plant-hunting exploration of Parnassos for sedum species
- notification of recently described sedum species in China
- description of xGraptosedum 'Daruma Shu-rei'

plus society notices and smaller articles

[FrazerHenderson]

Issue 149 just published:

- Cover photograph of Sedum anglicum growing at Dun Ban, Isle of Grimsay, Scotland
- Discussion of findings on distribution extension of Sedum griseum in Mexico
- Stonecrops of Parnassus (Greece) - Part 3 of discussion and exploration
- Stonecrops at El Torcal, Spain
- Review of wrongly captioned Monanthes muralis in Curtis' Botanic Magazine 1872 (flowers and geography match those of Sedum surculosum)
- Manuel Maria Villada with photographs of Villadia growing in Guatemala
- Annual seed exchange (which is freely available to members - which makes membership a true bargain - including seeds of the following genera: Sedum, Aichryson, Echevaria, Graptopetalum, Hylotelephium, Jovibarba, Pachyphytum, Petrosedum, Phedimus, Promtheum, Rhodiola, Rosularia, and Umbilicus)

plus notices and short articles.

[FrazerHenderson]

Issue 150 just published:

As the editor, Ray Stephenson, says of the 150th issue "..it seems so improbable that an amateur journal restricted to a single family of plants could possibly sill be finding new material to publish - but here we are!"

At four issues per year that makes......years!!

Anyway this issue includes:

- using all senses to identify plants
- William Aiton - Scottish botanist
- Searching for Aeonium aizoon on Tenerife
- Review of Britton & Rose's classification of Crassulaeae in the 1905 Flora of North America
- Melinda Fay Denton - American botanist
- Discussion of Eric Walther's approach to Echevaria nomenclature
- Sedums along the Zhuilu Old Road Trail, Taiwan
- Sedum sedoides - the largest flowers in the genus?

plus book reviews, Society notices and smaller articles

[Maggi Young]

Issue 150 just published:

As the editor, Ray Stephenson, says of the 150th issue "..it seems so improbable that an amateur journal restricted to a single family of plants could possibly still be finding new material to publish - but here we are!"

At four issues per year that makes......years!!

A tribute to the continuing popularity of these plants, to be sure!

[FrazerHenderson]

Issue 151 just published, articles include:

- Review of Gran Canaria and the impact of development on plant communities
- Sedum cyprium
- Crassulaceae climbers
- variation of Dudleya farinosa
- Eileen Barnes, illustrator of Sedum

Complete index of all issues now freely available at https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/miscellaneous

[FrazerHenderson]

Issue 152 of the Sedum Society Newsletter just published, articles include:

- a formal description of Rhodiola sinuata
- sedums around Edessa, northern Greece
- mislabelling of plants by nurseries

plus a fascinating 36 page supplement on Taiwan and its flora with special reference to the genus Sedum by Margrit Bischofberger. (Comprehensive references are included for further exploration of the island's flora.) Margrit is the driving force behind the International Crassulaceae Network (https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/home)