Right about now you should be seeing these tall (for a sedum) plants turning to their burgundy fall colors.

As with all sedum, the plants are fleshy.  They are perennial plants that pop back up out of the ground every spring with leaves shaped something like a columbine. 

They grow to be a bit over a foot tall and then start developing their characteristic flowers.

Initially, the flowers are the same color as the foliage but as time goes on, they turn to a dusty rose color and continue getting darker until cold weather causes them to die back to the ground for another year.

These make popular accent plants and when you see a whole bed of them together, it can be a spectacular display.

There are many tall sedums, but these have always been a favorite.