I can't Believe it...

[Detlor Poultry]

No words can sum up the immensity of the act of sheer gardening I commited today. I honestly find it hard to believe that I actually transplanted over 110 Giant Orpine (Hylotelephium spectabile) into my garden today. I can't believe it. It was one of the favourite plants of my late grandmother, and one of mine, too. I can't believe it. 111 plants to be exact. Wow.

 

[nittygrittydirtdigger]

Impressive!

 

[lillie]

WOW!! You should get some type of medal!

 

[lesa]

Wow! Hopefully, you don't have any more big projects on schedule, for a few days at least! You will need some rest! Looking forward to pics, when they are in bloom!

 

[ninnymary]

How is your back?

Mary

 

[Southern Gardener]

Do you eat the leaves?

 

[Detlor Poultry]

I'm fine. It only took me an hour. The were feral plants that had grown in clumps... or one big clump out in our potato field. I'm planting them in 6 clumps. I like Orpine.

SG - I haven't eaten the leaves, but I know they're edible. They are watermelon-like in texture. Just an explosion of water.

Haha: I hazard a guess one Orpine Plant could water the entire garden!

These are the Autumn type, so they'll look like broccoli heads for most of the summer until turning into that nectar-infested head of beauty in september. I actually like the foliage alot, too. There's something about it that's.... stunning.

 

[momofdrew]

are they easy to transplant? I have a clump that needs to be moved...I didnt know sedum was edible!!

 

[Detlor Poultry]

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.