Zone 7

• Zone 7 covers a belt through the central and southeastern states.Carte Etats Unis Noir image by Aimohy from Fotolia.com
  
  USDA zone 7 has winter low temperatures of 10 to 0 degrees Fahrenheit (-12.3 to -17.7 Centigrade). Zone 7 extends from north Texas through southern Oklahoma and Arkansas. It includes southern Tennessee, northern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. It covers northern South Carolina, most of North Carolina and southern Virginia. Small pockets of zone 7 climate exist in central Arizona, lower Nevada, northern California and the Puget Sound region of Washington.
  
  

Perennial Semi-Evergreen

• Sedum has fleshy succulent leaves.sedum image by Edsweb from Fotolia.com
  
  Sedum is drought and salt tolerant, with succulent leaves for storing moisture. Leaves are mostly evergreen and may be damaged by hard frost and extreme cold in zone 7.
  
  

Creeping Sedums

• Many red flowered sedums are creeping types.sedums image by Brenda Carson from Fotolia.com
  
  Many zone 7 sedums are creeping varieties (up to 4 inches high), like S. Bithynicum (Turkish sedum) or S. spurium cultivars like 'Dragon's Blood', 'Red Carpet' and 'Fulda Glow.'
  
  

Upright Sedums

• Upright red sedums have a color range from rose red to deep purple red.Sedum image by Kimberly Wickerink from Fotolia.com
  
  'Purple Emperor' and 'Morchen' (which have purple-red foliage and flowers) are cultivars recommended for Zones 3 to 7. 'Munstead Red' has red-tinted foliage and stems and dark purple-red flowers. 'African Sunset' has purple foliage, red-tinted stems and intense red blooms. Both are successful in zone 7.
  
  

Red Tinted

• Red sedums can have red-tinted foliage.sedum image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com
  
  Creeping October Daphne (Sedum sieboldii) has red-purple tinged foliage. Upright 'Black Jack' has red-purple foliage and purple-pink flowers. Upright 'Matrona' has red stems and red-pink flowers. All are hardy in zone 7.