There it was, carpeting a cliff along the beach, one of the toughest plants I know.
Broad-Leaved Stonecrop.

The rain drains quickly, rinsing nutrients from the rocky soil.

• Drought-tolerant.
• No need for feed.
• A suitable candidate for planting on a green roof?

It clings & dangles tenaciously, spreading when leaning stems touch ground  & sprout tiny roots.  If a piece breaks off, it’s determined to grow right where it lands.
Resolved.
Insistent.

It seems content in shade.

In full sun, the succulent, spatula-shaped leaves change from grey-green to red.
Who needs flowers when foliage is so decorative?

But Sedum spathulifolium blooms, too — starry, bright yellow flowers in June.  Happy flowers.

I welcomed this coastal native into my garden a couple of years ago & am not disappointed.  Once placed in a gravelly patch, there’s not much to do with it.  I leave it alone, & so do the deer.  Score!

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