Plant in full sun or shade in a well-drained soil in a location it can trail over a wall or be used in a hanging basket and irrigate regularly, occasionally to infrequently. It has proven hardy down to down to at least 25° F. This versatile plant is an exceptional hanging basket plant with more compact, bluer and blunter leaves, which do not detach as easily compared to the similar Sedum morganianum.

Sedum burrito was first collected in 1972 and was thought to have originated from Pico de Orizaba (AKA Citlaltépetl) on the border between the Mexican states of Veracruz and Puebla, but it was not collected in the wild, so its actual origin remains unknown. The plant was first distributed from Paul Hutchinson's Tropic World Nursery in Escondido under the name "Burrito", meaning "little burro". Plants growing at Tropic World first flowered in June 1977 prompting American botanist and explorer Reid Moran to describe the plant as a new species in an article titled "Sedum BURRITO: A New Species from Eastern Mexico" in the November-December 1977 issue of the Journal of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America (V.49N.6 pgs 266-9). In this article Moran noted this plant distinct from the similar Sedum morganianum, having much more compact with blunter and bluer leaves held more perpendicular to the stem and that do not detach as easily as Sedum morganianum. He also diagramed the floral differences showing Sedum burrito having much blunter shorter petals and sepals than Sedum morganianum. In 2017 the late Myron Kimnach, the longtime director of the Huntington Botanic Gardens, wrote an article in the January-February issue of the Journal of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America (V89 N.1) disagreeing with Moran's treatment of this plant, noting that it was only vegetative differences that made it different from typical Sedum morganianum but given the floral differences between the two plant this treatment has been rejected and the valid name of this taxa remains Sedum burrito, and it remains so listed in the Royal Botanic Garden Kew's database. It however is often found listed in nursery catalogs or labeled with the invalid name Sedum morganianum 'Burrito', though some still seriously believe it should be listed as a variety of Sedum morganianum as Sedum morganianum var. burrito. 

The information about Sedum burrito that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.