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[ Hen and Chick (Sempervivum 'Positively Glowing') | Posted on November 12, 2013 ]

A note from the hybridizer, Kevin Vaughn:

JungleShadows said:Hi friends,
The name for 'Positively Glowing' came from a BBC report on Princess Kate where she was "positively glowing" in her pregnancy! Thank you BBC! Great name.

Enjoy!

Kevin
[ Ice Plant (Delosperma cooperi) | Posted on November 9, 2013 ]

I have had this plant for 1-1/2 years now. It started out as a plant in a 3" pot, summer of 2012.



A year and half later this is what it looks like. Notice the shadows, the sun is going down, so the blooms start closing for the night. When the blooms are fully open the plant is covered in beautiful purple blooms.


There is another 4 foot long wall filled with D. cooperi. Both walls of cooperi go all the way to the ground. I have lost count of the times this summer that I have pruned them way back, so they won't overtake the rest of the beds, and I have given many starts to other gardeners.
This plant starts easily from cuttings, blooms heavily until winter freeze (here in my zone 8 PNW), and is evergreen for me. After two hard freezes it is still blooming.

This is a wonderful plant for using as a ground cover. It makes a dense carpet that seems to repel weeds. I do find a rare bindweed which has been very easy to remove. In a day or two you can't even tell where you disturbed the D. cooperi.

This has provided food for the bees from late spring until November.
[ Albuca (Albuca shawii) | Posted on November 8, 2013 ]

This plant needs very good drainage in the winter, especially if you have heavy winter rains. Or you can grow it in containers and give it some protection from too much moisture in the winter. Goes winter dormant.
Will do best if watered in the summer.

Leaves have a pleasant anise fragrance, blooms have an almond or pineapple scent, depending on who is smelling it. : )

From South Africa.

[ Hairy Sepal Stonecrop (Rosularia adenotricha subsp. adenotricha) | Posted on November 5, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
E-Afghanistan, N-India (Kumaon), Nepal, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistan (Hazara, Murree, Baluchistan, Waziristan, Kurram, Dir, Chitral, Swat), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Som Kayakorugu (Rosularia sempervivum subsp. sempervivum) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area of this plant:
Armenia, Aserbaidshan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia), Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran: Mts., S-Iran, W-Iran: Mts.)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Hatay Korugu (Rosularia sempervivum subsp. amanensis) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
SE-Turkey (Hatay)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosularia sempervivum | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area of this plant:
Armenia, Aserbaidshan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia), Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran: Mts., S-Iran, W-Iran: Mts.)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosette-Leaf Stonecrop (Rosularia rosulata) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area of this plant:
E-Afghanistan, Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir), Pakistan (Kurram), Nepal, N-India (Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, N-Uttar Pradesh)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosularia reginae | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Hybrid taxon. Rosularia globulariifolia x sempervivum ssp. glaucophylla

Distribution area of this plant:
Turkey (Icel)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Tas Kayakorugu (Rosularia sempervivum subsp. kurdica) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area of this plant:
NE-Iraq, NW-Iran, NE-Anatolia, Armenia, Aserbaidshan

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Boz Kayakorugu (Rosularia sempervivum subsp. glaucophylla) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
South Turkey

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Tel Kayakorugu (Rosularia sempervivum subsp. pestalozzae) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
S-Turkey (Adana), NW-Syria

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Acem Korugu (Rosularia sempervivum subsp. persica) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
Iran (EC-Iran, NW-Iran: Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran: Mts.), SW-Syria, Israel, Armenia, Aserbaidshan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia), Iraq (NE-Iraq), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosularia radicosa | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
C-Asia (Tianshan, Pamir, S-Kyrgysztan, Kazakhstan, Turkestan), Iran (NE-Iran: Mts.), C-Afghanistan

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosularia (Rosularia lineata) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
Israel (Negev Desert, E-Israel: Rift Valley, N-Israel), Jordania (W-Jordania), Sinai peninsula (Northern Sinai, Southern Sinai), Syria (C-Syrian Desert, S-Syria: Jebel Druze, W-Syrian Mountains)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosularia modesta | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
Iran (E-Iran), Afghanistan

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosularia alpestris subsp. marnieri | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
Napal

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosularia lipskyi | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
Transcaucasus

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Rosularia lutea | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
C-Asia, Pamir, Alai

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

[ Disli Koruk (Rosularia serrata) | Posted on November 4, 2013 ]

Distribution area for this plant:
Crete, Greece, Karpathos, Turkey (SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), E-Aegaean Isl. (Samos)

Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., 2013

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