Hylotelephium spectabile

The showy stonecrop is a herbaceous succulent perennial from rocky hillsides in northeast China and Korea. It dies back to a crown each winter and sends up fleshy stems topped with flat pink flower heads in late summer. It is fully hardy and needs full sun and a real cold winter.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows in sunny rocky slopes, grassy hillsides and stony ground in mountains and lowlands of a monsoon climate with hot wet summers and frozen dry winters.

The few dated records fall at 300–700 m, but it also grows lower down; elevation data are sparse.

China North-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaKoreaManchuriaPrimorye

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 2.5 licence, unmodified.