Beautiful!

Aug. 2016 above.

Same plant today:

Frank, thank you.

Hopefully Harry (hablu) will post, he has many more and beautiful semps...

You rock, Rina. Your oddity looks like a semp that wants to be a Gollum or an Ogre. Do you know that it is hardy? Or will some offsets be protected in winter?

tj

tj

Thank you, It is supposed to be hardy in z5. 3 offsets ended up in pot with Brugmansia, so maybe I leave them there just in case...but I shouldn't since I preach about overwintering semps outdoors :) Mind you, 5 and 5a is just about the same, so maybe I should play it safe. It grew really well.

Rina, May I know if you don't mind which potting mix is used. I bought many semps this spring and killed in 2-3 months after a heavy rain.

I use very gritty mix; chicken grit & sifted perlite in approx. same amount + some sifted turface. If you have pumice it is good to use instead of perlite. These are all in containers, but if potted in ground, soil should be well draining too.

Your plants are pretty. So no soil in those containers? Thank you so much for the prompt reply.

Rina - Do you find it's better to leave them protected from the rain and snow or out there under the elements? Trying to decide if they should go on the roof exposed or on the roof covered by my grow shelter.

It will be my first time having potted Sempervivum and Sedum outside for the winter, thanks!

Amazing semps, Rina! So many beauties, I'm jealous.

I can't wait until next year when mine fill in. The freaking magpies keep pulling them out, though ... Gah!!!! I don't know what varieties I have... I'll see if I can ID from any of yours.

jas

Very few pots (older ones) have little soil, maybe 10-15% of total volume. Lately I don't use any, and drainage is very good.

Kevin

I always left them exposed, and just about all survive. Last winter, few babies in small pots perished after the freezing rain we had. Ice crust was thick on top. There was no damage to sedums in same conditions. I believe the snow cover is good, ice not so much...

Kd

Squirrels and chipmunks dig around here, am sure magpies don't help...I find difficult to ID them and constantly loose name tags. Know these because I bought them this year (as correct as one can trust the tags :) They multiplied very well this year, and had only 2 blooms. One rosette is, surprisingly, still alive with flower stalk totally dry, and detached itself.

Mine weren't even tagged but I knew they were semps at least :) I stuck one bloom stalk in the soil and it's still blooming away all by itself.

The magpies are rooting in my garden all over looking for ladybugs I think. When I was cutting back irises and day lilies there were dozens of ladybugs in everything, bedding down. Those annoying birds stripped my Valentine cherry tree of its fruit this year as well.

i don't have current pics, but here are my semps from before I put them in the ground (and none look like any of yours, actually LOL)

I'm going to trade some with my mom in the spring for some of her cobweb ones.

Rina yours all look great. The very hot(dry)recent summers really knock mine back. Cooler weather is letting them recover a bit.

I have oddity somewhere, guess I should go look for it.

Great collection Rina!!

Names are only names in the Sempcase. There are thousands. Just enjoy your beautiful plants.

Are there some nice Jovi's too?

Harry

Just to add, Kevin, semps can take heat and they can take rain. But only the established ones will handle both at the same time. I used to tarp my pot when it rains for days in high summer. I stopped doing that after about 3 years though, since it's been parked on the deck with unimpeded airflow.

Very nice semps, Rina, perfect read with my morning coffee!

Pagan

Harry

Thank you. Unfortunately, no Jovi's - I have not seen any for sale around here (should have pick some when I was in Europe!)

Harry, why don't you post photos of some of yours if you feel like...and anyone else too :)

Dave

Thank you. Wish my other succs compared to yours. You are right, semps don't care for too much heat same as wet feet.

here are some Jovi's.

Jovibarba heeri - smaller than your pinknail

Jovibarba heuffelli 'Jade' in a pot

And some years later (they are very slow) in the garden

Jovibarba heuffelli splitting

Jovibarba heuffelli 'Tuxedo' ready to flower

The same 'Tuxedo' in better light

Jovibarba sobilifera hirta - greenform - a big one

closer

harry

I've planted the majority of mine under a big spruce, they'll be protected from the hotter noon sun part of the day, and won't get deluged if it rains. It just happened to be the only clear spot at the time, but seems to have worked out very well :) next year I'll move some offsets around and try different locales.

Harry

Thank you for great photos. Are all Jovi's slower growers than semps? I like how they split.

Kd

I am still surprised that yours burn from sun, in your location - mine are not shaded by anything, and they are in full sun from sunup 'till sundown. I typically don't water them at all - this year maybe 3x since we had long stretches without rain, and quite hot temps (for our area). I just use garden hose whenever I run out of rain water. But if it works that is what counts.

Cobwebs!

Great planter Jeff! Are you leaving them in it for the winter ?:)

Thanks Rina for great info. Next year I will buy semps and try in gritty mix.

Not my place, Rina, but they stay there for the winter, yes.

Rina - do mine look burned? I thought they just had great colour LOL

I didn't say mine were burning - I just said my location seems to have "worked out well" going by what I read above about them not liking the heat and wet feet... especially since mine aren't well established yet. :)

i plan on dividing up and having them all over the yard, so it may well turn out next year that they prefer other locations.

Kd

Sorry if I used wrong word - I thought you mentioned that they are burning in full sun. Perhaps you said drying - I am not sure now. That's why you keep them in shade or partial shade. In comparison, mine are all in full sun, whole day long - but I am repeating myself. The red color is great and welcomed, and I didn't want to suggest your plants don't look good.

Heat they don't like is more zones 10 (?) or higher, and also very humid climate. In lower zones, they should be able to take full sun - JMO from my own experience. They can be grown in partial shade.

I just had the one clear spot (yard is a major WIP) and it just happens to be under a spruce ... I didn't choose that spot for them for any reason other than convenience :) good to know that they should do well in my zone wherever I end up putting them!