Sedum rupestre ‘Lemon Ball’ is sunshine made solid—a tight, glowing mound of chartreuse foliage that looks cheerful even when the rest of the garden is still clearing its throat.
This compact stonecrop forms a dense, rounded cushion of fine, needle-like leaves in a bright lemon-yellow hue that holds its color from spring through fall. The texture is crisp and clean, never floppy, never unruly. In early to midsummer, small starry yellow flowers rise just above the foliage, subtle but fitting—like punctuation rather than a proclamation.
Built for hard ground and hard sense, ‘Lemon Ball’ thrives in full sun and sharply drained soil. It laughs at drought, scoffs at heat, and asks only that you don’t smother it with water or fertilizer. Poor, sandy, or gravelly soils suit it just fine; rich soil only dulls its character and loosens its form.
Perfect for rock gardens, edging, gravel beds, slopes, and containers, this sedum provides year-round structure and color with almost no effort. Evergreen to semi-evergreen in mild climates, it keeps its shape through winter and snaps back quickly in spring.
If your garden favors clarity over clutter and resilience over romance, Sedum ‘Lemon Ball’ earns its place—bright, disciplined, and reliably cheerful, even when conditions are less than kind.
