Ether way will work sedum and there sub species grow very fast I have had roots in less than a week u will be fine i have everything from vera Higgins to live forever

I picked up another burros tail today and I noticed the leaves in this one are more rounded and fuller while the other one is longer a little skinnier and sharper angular almost like a banana shape. What's the difference between the two?

One is a Sedum morganianum and the other is Sedum burrito. I have one, but have it labeled as the other cause I always get the names confused lol. Both are cool though :-)

Yes they are!! Thanks

I have a burros tail (or rather many of them in one pot) and I usually like to have enough of a stem at the bottom to stick it in the mix. The little pieces that ALWAYS fall off I drop on top and they root too. So, I suppose it depends on how large of a piece you have - for me anyway.

Deva, that is how I grew my burros tail in gritty mix. I used toothpicks to hold the cuttings in place until they rooted.

Laura, so you tucked them down in the mix? Can you PLEASE post a pic to show me how you used the toothpicks? And how long did it take? And how often did you mist them? Thank you :)

I don't have a pic of when I planted the cuttings. What I did was pushed the calloused stems (about 1 1/2" of stem) into the gritty mix and placed toothpicks between the leaves to hold them in place.

It sounds easy, but it took a while, as the cuttings kept falling as I would put other cuttings in the pot. You just have to keep at it. If I have any advice as far as the cuttings go, it would be far easier to plant a 4" cutting with a 2" calloused stem and a 2" leafed stem. If the leafed part is too long, the cuttings will be harder to plant and longer to root. I misted them every other day and they rooted fairly quickly.

This plant grows quickly when placed outside from spring through fall, so you'd have long "tails" in no time. Here's a pic of mine from late spring. It's grown quite a bit this summer in full sun and the summer rain. I fertilize about 2x per month in the summer. I keep it in an east window in the winter and water good about every 5-6 weeks.

My step mom just have me another cutting of it. (EVERTIME I go over she sends me home with goodie bags) lol which I don't mind. She's had hers for years and I didn't even know it!! So I was buying them for nothing lol! It lost some leaves in transit. It was flowering too!