Photographs: Co. Cork and Co. Waterford

Butterfly Stonecrop / Ice Plant Hylotelephium spectabile (Sedum spectabile) Family: Crassulaceae Flowering August-October. Perennial. Garden escape. Large flat cymes of star-shaped pale-pink to purplish-red flowers with prominent stamens. Very attractive to bees. The opposite or whorled grey-green leaves are toothed and sometimes slightly scalloped. Erect unbranched stems, often bending with the weight of the flower-heads. A popular garden plant, prefers well-drained soils in full sun. Occasionally recorded as a garden escape or discard.

Butterfly Stonecrop, Hylotelephium spectabile (Sedum spectabile)