Harry
Beautiful, as always.
Is that s. rubrotinctum in second photo? Looks much better growing in ground.
Rina

everything you have is so handsome and so well grown. only have two jovibarbas but i like them a lot. the white stains are from a brief snowshower which washed the chinese dust out of the air but which refuses to wash off the plants.

I love the dark varieties. They contrast so nicely with the green. Lovely.

i don't just like military colours-i love it.

I love them Harry! You gave me some AWESOME ideas for mine! Theyre BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Harry, can't say I'm a big fan of these even though I LOVE their Mexican relatives. I opened because it had your name on it and that's enough for me to take a peak... they look great thanks

Howard

Love 'em all, Harry! I think Semp's are some of the absolute best garden accents out there.

Josh

Harry, they are incredibly gorgeous! The 'Jewel Cases' is over the top, I will have to keep my eyes open for that one. Thanks for showing :)

Those are all gorgeous,tfs.

Kathi

I've killed more semps over my lifetime then I care to admit. I went years without growing them all the while complaining about my black thumb on a seemingly "simple" plant like Hen and Chicks. Finally someone told me that in Oklahoma, during our brutal summer months (100+), afternoon shade (or partial shade) was what they needed. With that advice in mind I've managed to grow some of the easier ones for a couple years and now think I'm ready for more. I love, love, love yours. Especially the red ones and the green ones tipped with red. And how about the webbed red ones! How neat are those? You've put them together in such an attractive manner too. So glad that I saw your post..........Maryl

i think virgil is the handsomest semp i've ever seen, thanks for showing.

Harry, when I first started collecting succulents I was drawn to Semps. Never had good luck with them. I didn't have land to plant them in then. They always got mealies and died. Are these more resistant to mealies when planted in the ground. What, if any, tricks do you use to prevent infestation. I would like to try these again.

Absolutely fabulous Harry. I love semps even more now after seeing your vast collection. I put some in the ground outside this year and I am hoping they will spread and fill out the area. Very nice as always, thanks for sharing. You are a true master.

Tracy

I always love seeing your Semp collection, Harry. Thanks for sharing, they are all so beautiful.

-Erica

Thanks all for your kind words.

Aloebot: planted out (here) there are no really secrets. I have them in well-drained raised beds and they stay in the ground all winter. Our summers are wet and not to hot. From every plant (with name) I make a socalled motherpot - so I can keep the species clear and without hybridation (is that a word?)

I never found any mealies on them and even the snails don't eat them to much.

Harry

"Birchmeier'

greets

Harry

Harry, have you ever attempted to create your own hybrid?

-Erica

Hi Erica,

No I did not. There are thousands of different hybrids around. No need to add mine to it.

In my garden are several hybrids and new combinations. Also steady plants, that come back each time, but I do nothing with them. ( nothing else than enjoy them :)

semps beginning to be happy after a week of rain.

Thanks Harry. A Sempervivum was the very first succulent I owned so they are very special to me. At the time I really did not realize how many different ones there were! Many of them look very similar to me, how are you able to tell them apart?

Unfortunately I am having trouble keeping them in the ground because one of our stray cats keeps pulling them out and throwing them around... I am pretty sure she thinks I am playing with her when I put them back in. I gave up for now and put them in a large pot.

How do you maintain the ones you have as ground cover? I noticed some of the ones I have in pots eventually start growing up on a stalk when a lot of the lower leaves die off.

-Erica

Erica
What do you mean by 'growing up on a stalk' - semps grow stalk to flower, and after blooming is finished, mother plant will die. in the meantime, there will be lots of offsets-babies to replace original plant.
Otherwise, it must be etoliated.
Is it this kind of stalks you are talking about? There will be flowers at very top.

here is the link to another post - I believe that is extremely etoliated semp:

see semp here
Rina

Daves10: good ones; can't tell names. The ground seems a bit heavy to me.

Erica: <<<how are you able to tell them apart?>>>>

:) Sometimes I can't, but especially this time of the year they color up and that makes it easier.

<<<our stray cats keeps pulling them out and throwing them around...>>> my cats do the same. I place heavy stones around them. once grown out the cats can't get hold anymore.

<<<ground cover>>> they really are doing better in the ground than in pots. They hardly never stretch, Ofcourse sometimes it happens, but only (here) if they are to much in the shade.

greets

Harry

'Shirleys Joy'

a joke with no succes

No name: type arachnodeum

Harry

Harry
Do you know how many varieties of semps you have?
Rina

Oh dear, I never counted..

Maybe 70? 80? 90? maybe even 100??? + a large amount of hybrids - but they don't count; just fill the garden nicely.

But take it from me: here in Europe are some really experts who have several hundreds or even a thousand. They are very cheap and common overhere. The puzzle is always to get a reliable name and steady plants.

harry

Harry
I think I am moving back to Europe, lol!!!
Rina

I wasn't sure if they were etiolated or if they just grew like that, as Aeoniums do. It is possible that's why mine started to look like that. Mine never looked quite that terrible though :). I usually just remove them stem and put it back, they root so easily.

I might try the rocks, it sounds like a really good idea. The other cat currently enjoys rolling around in my vegetable garden near my upcoming cucumber vines. You never win with cats!

-Erica