Photos: New varieties of sedums and what they bring to the garden

Sedum spectabile 'Crystal Pink' — Large flower heads of soft pink on shorter, sturdier stems. Attracts beneficial, pollinating insects and butterflies.

Sedum Desert Series 'Black,' 'Blonde' and 'Red' — Deep red to pink flower heads with colorful foliage.

Sedum 'Thunderhead' — Huge, deep rose flower heads atop stout, upright stems and grey-green foliage.

Sedum Touchdown Series 'Teak,' — Available in assorted foliage and flower colors.

Sedum Touchdown 'Flame'— Available in assorted foliage and flower colors.

Sedum spectabile Party Series 'Birthday Party' — Outstanding dense, mounding sedum with cauliflower-like flower heads. Great colorful foliage.

Sedum hispanicum 'Blue Carpet' — Evergreen foliage of silvery blue which is highlighted with pink in summer. Cooler temperatures bring deeper blues, purples and rose tones. White blooms in summer are blushed with pink.

Sedum telephium Candy Series 'Chocolate Drop' — Colorful foliage with strong, sturdy flowers.

Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' is among the varieties in this garden trough.

Sedum telephium 'Sunset Cloud' — Masses of vibrant rose red flowers adorn the tips of each stem well into fall. Arching foliage of steel-blue flushed with plum accents are low growing.

Sedum 'Moonlight Serenade' — An upright growth habit with raspberry red buds open to large clusters of peachy gold flowers on striking burgundy red stems. Foliage emerges deep blue-green and turns to deeper purple as the season progresses.

Sedum telephium 'Marina' — A sea of blue-gray foliage is accented with tints of purple in summer. In late summer, foliage is awash in clusters of rose-pink flowers.

Sedum rupestre represents this planter's 'hair.'

Sedum spurium 'Blaze of Fulda' — Dark maroon ruffled rosettes tinted with bronze green grow in two rows along stems to quickly form a low-growing dense evergreen mat. Rose-red clusters of blossoms form at tips in summer. Foliage will turn deeper burgundy with cooler temperatures.

Sedum spurium 'Bronze Carpet' — Trailing growth habit forms a lush, ground-hugging mat of bronze-red. Dainty pink flower stalks occasionally rise above foliage.

Sedum forsterianum 'Antique Grill' — Mat-forming blue foliage and plum-colored stems and foliage tips provide warm contrast. Cooler weather brings overall plum tones. Star-shaped, yellow flowers in summer.