One of the plants of Fall is the stonecrop "Autumn Joy" with reddish bronze flowers. Bees are thankful for it too. In the photo above, it has not revealed it's deep colour yet, but is just showing the first blush. But Autumn Joy seems to have fallen out of favour recently in people's gardens and more people seem to plant " Brilliant" with its pink blooms. I like both plants. I like the contained structure of the plant itself all summer long, and then the hit of colour when it is most needed in the garden.
Like all succulents its plump green leaves seems to claim the three dimensional space around it, making other leaves look page thin. It is best to keep this plant at a reasonable size, by dividing it in Spring. Once it gets too full the stems fall over and you miss its structural beauty.
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