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S. 'Abba' is an easy to grow semp. It has held up very well in both our long rainy season and our 2 months of drought in the summer. It has not suffered from rot or dehydration.
Throughout the year it goes from a solid mid green to a lovely yellow/tan color, with red edging on the leaves. It is quite striking in the color stage.
Size is about 5" in diameter.
Very productive with at least 20 offsets per mature rosette.
Is not prone to bloom young.

S. tomentosum has produced 30 offsets from one rosette the first year planted, It also did quite well in our drought season of July and Aug and seems to be bouncing back nicely now that the rains have started.
I have yet to carry it through a winter, so will see how it is doing next spring (2012).
It carries it's offset very close, stacking them in rows.
Very nice webbing in the center of the rosettes, even on the young offsets.

A very productive blueberry that can produce 10-20 pounds of fruit per plant. It is a "half-high" blueberry variety, which is a hardy cross between highbush and lowbush-type blueberries.

Shows good resistance to root rot, and can withstand wet soils better than other varieties.

The flower buds and woody stems are hardy to –30 degrees F. But, this variety blooms early, so either plant this variety in a location protected from late-spring frost or cover the plant at night if it's blooming and a late frost is expected.

Showy white blooms in the spring, the dark green summer foliage, and the fiery orange fall leaf color.

Name, assigned by Barry R. Yinger. Yinger, Collection No. 1890.

A slower-growing cultivar of sweet bay

Some of the leaves of this plant are entirely yellow, but most are green and generously
mottled with pale yellow and small blotches of gray green. Occasionally, shoots
are also entirely yellow.

To preserve the beautiful variegation, diligently remove any branches that revert to green. Plant this bay in well-drained soil with shelter from frost and cold.

SUPERBUM, [Kimnach, 1987; Acevedo-Rosas, 2003]. This is the old G. pentandrum ssp. superbum, which was elevated to full species status in ’03 in Novon #13 (4), 377-380, fig.1. Read details under the old name in this listing. Source of information: International Crassulaceae Network http://crassulaceae.net/grapto...

introduced by the former Washfield Nursery in England, originated in the Sussex garden of the parents of former co-owner Graham Gough.

Awarded the prestigious Outstanding Perennial Plant Award from the International Hardy Plant Union.

Aeoniums grow actively during the cooler months, generally November through May or June. They like full sun in the cooler months of the year, during the hot summer months they will benefit from having protections from the hot daytime sun.

During the summer it is their dormant time, so you will want to water sparingly. I only water mine once every week or two during the summer.

They are not frost hardy, so you need to bring them indoors before frost.

There really is no information that I could find on this particular Aeonium, if any one finds information please post it here.

The photo of Matt's Wild Cherry is one plant in a 4' x 8' x 8" raised bed. The metal frame you see at the top of the photo is 7' from the soil. We had to repeatedly prune it to keep it from overtaking the neighboring beds. Nothing bothered it, including the 100°+ summer heat. When frost hit and killed all the other tomato varieties Matt's Wild Cherry just kept making fruit.
One tough tomato here in the Pacific Northwest.

Common European wild flower, growing as an annual or short-lived perennial.

Known as the Johnny Jump Up (though this name is also applied to similar species such as the Yellow Pansy). It is the progenitor of the cultivated Pansy, and is therefore sometimes called Wild Pansy; before the cultivated Pansies were developed, "Pansy" was an alternative name for the wild form.

It can creep and hoist itself (ramping) as much as a meter into a dense tangle of other growth.

They are hermaphrodite and self-fertile, pollinated by bees. Flowers have been used to make yellow, green and and blue/green dyes.
Reseeds readily.

The plant, especially the flowers, contain antioxidants and are edible.

The first year I planted seed they were all the normal tricolor. Over the years as they have reseeded they have had different combinations of the three colors.

Will cascade over rocks and walls.
The glossy, evergreen foliage forms a mound covered in white flowers for several weeks.
Prune lightly right after blooming, but otherwise leave plants alone in fall and early spring.

Uses:
Used as a ground cover.
Rockery or alpine beds
Borders
Containers

Drought tolerant once established.
Deer and rabbit resistant

Will do best if planted in deeply cultivated soil with compost added. Likes loamy soil.
Will re-bloom if deadheaded.
No serious pests or diseases.
They don't like wet feet.
Cover the crown with straw or other mulch for winter protection.

Seed Germination: Sow indoors at 55-72° with no cover as light aids in germination. Sow seeds 10-12 weeks before planting out. Expect germination in 15-25 days. It is not recommended to sow seeds outdoors as seeds are very small.

Since this is an interspecies plant they can show different growing habits with each plant. Some may need to be divided like heuffelii and some are easily separated without having to cut through the main root.

Jovibarba hirta x heuffelii 'ASM 1525'
x nixonii cv. Feuerrad

G. 'Cheryl's Shadow' was discovered by Dave Fross, a native plant specialist.

The foliage is a deep maroon to chocolate brown color with matching stem color. It has a compact, mounding habit.

This is one of my favorite heuffelii. It goes through an amazing transformation in coloration. From a beautiful solid jade green to a deeper shade of green, with lovely pale lavender/red leaf tips that turn darker rust red as the season progresses.
An added bonus is the wonderful velvety texture of the leaves.

Tulipa tarda is an easy to grow species tulip. It will come back year after year and will naturalize well in good growing conditions.
Very low growing. Multi-blooms per stem.
Native to sub alpine meadows in central Asia. In cultivation since about 1590.
Only species bulb ever honored with the title of ‘Flower of the Year’ in Holland in 1997.
Uses: Rock gardens, in beds, border fronts or naturalized around trees or shrubs.

Also known as 'Plenus'.
Rip Van Winkle is an heirloom dating back to about 1884. Considered a miniature.
It has whorls of narrow, pale greenish yellow petals, some with a slight twist. Blooms are 1 to 2" across.
This one naturalizes well.

I love this medium sized sempervivum. As it goes through the year it changes from a blueish/grey to a reddish/grey. There is not a time of the year that I don't find it beautiful.

This is one of my favorite semps. Starting in the spring it puts on quite a show of lovely red color. By summer it looks as if it is wearing a tan petticoat, and even the offsets follow suit with greenish/tan petticoats. It is quite striking.

Red Lion has proven to be a show stopper though out the year. All of its color changes are stunning and it has proven to be able to stand up to my Pacific Northwest rainy season. If it's happy and growing well it is a good producer of offsets.

S. 'Ann-Marie' was one of my first fuzzy type semps. She has gone through several years here at my place. In-spite of record-breaking wet seasons (2011) and record-breaking heat and drought, she has continued to be healthy and very productive.