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The Sempervivum Not-A-Raffle-Raffle

By dave
March 11, 2013

Such a diminutively cute plant needs to have an equally gigantic raffle, and that is exactly what we have for you this week. Come and view the table set out with prizes galore for a whole group of lucky winners!

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Mar 14, 2013 5:47 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
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Mar 14, 2013 6:01 PM CST
Name: Marilyn
Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b)
Garden today. Clean next week.
Heucheras Bookworm Region: Colorado Garden Procrastinator Region: Southwest Gardening Container Gardener
Enjoys or suffers cold winters Sempervivums Annuals Foliage Fan Herbs Garden Ideas: Level 2
Congrats to all the winners. including me.... Whistling Whistling

I was really hoping for the big prize but am glad to have won anything.

Now I can get rid of those pesky critters.
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Mar 14, 2013 6:01 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Rob Duval
Milford, New Hampshire (Zone 5b)
Peppers Region: New Hampshire Vegetable Grower Daylilies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 1
Tomato Heads Annuals Hostas Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Spiders! Dog Lover
a 9 minute video on a dial-up connection? Nope. I'll just wait and see who everyone is congratulating. It'll take less time for me to figure out who the winners are that way than to actually try and get this to load up on my poo-poo connection. (live in the 'sticks'...no cable, no dsl available here...dial up is only option. Got fantastically fertile soil though!)
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Mar 14, 2013 6:03 PM CST
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
Congratulations everyone!!! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Little Man is so cute!! Lovey dubby
Sempervivum for Sale
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Mar 14, 2013 6:13 PM CST
Name: Jennifer
48036 MI (Zone 6b)
Cottage Gardener Houseplants Spiders! Heucheras Frogs and Toads Dahlias
Hummingbirder Sedums Winter Sowing Peonies Region: Michigan Celebrating Gardening: 2015
That was fun! I'm not even too sad that I didn't win and I spent all but 2 of my acorns Smiling
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Mar 14, 2013 6:13 PM CST
Name: Bob
Vernon N.J. (Zone 6b)
Aquarium Plants Bookworm Snakes Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Heucheras
Echinacea Hellebores Dog Lover Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Hostas Region: New Jersey
Congratulations to all the winners.
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Mar 14, 2013 6:14 PM CST
Name: Cameron Allen
Plano, TX (Zone 8a)
Amaryllis Hummingbirder Irises Native Plants and Wildflowers Orchids Plumerias
Salvias Enjoys or suffers hot summers Tender Perennials Region: Texas Tropicals Winter Sowing
Congratulations to the winners Hurray!
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Mar 14, 2013 6:15 PM CST
Name: Arlene
Grantville, GA (Zone 8a)
Greenhouse Region: Georgia Garden Sages Organic Gardener Beekeeper Vegetable Grower
Seed Starter Cut Flowers Composter Keeper of Poultry Keeps Goats Avid Green Pages Reviewer
Congratulations to all of the winners and so happy I feel like I know some of them!
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Mar 14, 2013 6:37 PM CST
Name: Jackie
Michigan (Zone 5b)
Cactus and Succulents Container Gardener
Congrats to all the winners!!! Smiling
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Mar 14, 2013 6:40 PM CST
Name: Greg Colucci
Seattle WA (Zone 8b)
Sempervivums Sedums Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Cactus and Succulents Container Gardener Garden Ideas: Level 1
Garden Art Birds Dog Lover Cat Lover Region: Pacific Northwest Hummingbirder
Congrats people! I am one of the plantskydd winners! Hurray! I tip my hat to you. Thanks guys!!
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Mar 14, 2013 6:42 PM CST

Plumerias Photo Contest Winner: 2015 Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
Region: Florida Cat Lover Garden Sages Cactus and Succulents Tropicals Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle
GREAT! even if I didn't win.

robertduval - you didn't win..... there, that is that suspense gone nodding
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Mar 14, 2013 6:53 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
Oh, I am beyond delighted! I really wanted to win one of these prizes! Hurray!
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Mar 14, 2013 7:11 PM CST
Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator
Forum moderator I helped beta test the first seed swap Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant and/or Seed Trader Garden Ideas: Master Level
Hurray! Congratulations everyone. Sure wish we had more raffle items, so every one could win.

Rob, having good soil is a nice consolation prize. Hurray!

This has been such a wonderful week. With the video thrown in, how could it get any better? And this time we got two bonus children. Hurray! Lovey dubby Another adorable little man, and such a lovely young lady. Thank you for the extra treats Dave and Trish. Group hug
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Mar 14, 2013 7:20 PM CST
Name: Greg Colucci
Seattle WA (Zone 8b)
Sempervivums Sedums Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Cactus and Succulents Container Gardener Garden Ideas: Level 1
Garden Art Birds Dog Lover Cat Lover Region: Pacific Northwest Hummingbirder
Group hug Zuzu way to go!! Hurray!
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Mar 14, 2013 7:22 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Rob Duval
Milford, New Hampshire (Zone 5b)
Peppers Region: New Hampshire Vegetable Grower Daylilies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 1
Tomato Heads Annuals Hostas Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Spiders! Dog Lover
Wish I had the patience to let the video load. (It would literally take hours though). It really is a nice way to do the drawings and allows everyone to feel more 'connected', like friends, rather than faceless folks over the internet.


Grats to all the winners. I only bought a few tickets, wasn't really expecting to win (would have had a TON to learn real fast if I had though, semps are something I've yet to try.

Now, to all the winners, be sure to add pics so we can all be a touch more jealous and hungry for the next raffle.
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Mar 14, 2013 7:22 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
The lovely young lady is our oldest who was born in 1999, our only child born in the last century. Hilarious!

Congratulations to all the winners!

jeri11
KentPfeiffer
zuzu
critterologist
jojoe
gg5
t1nkerbelle
gg5
serse
CDsSister

That's a lot of winners!

All of you who won: please tree-mail me your full name and mailing address and I'll make sure to pass along the details to the company.

jeri11: I will tree mail you and ask you to pick from among the prizes.

Kent, zuzu and critterologist, I'll make contact after each person makes their pick. Smiling

Congrats all, thank you all for participating, thank you to the companies for the great prizes, and thank you Lynn for setting all these up!
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Mar 14, 2013 7:23 PM CST
Name: Greg Colucci
Seattle WA (Zone 8b)
Sempervivums Sedums Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Cactus and Succulents Container Gardener Garden Ideas: Level 1
Garden Art Birds Dog Lover Cat Lover Region: Pacific Northwest Hummingbirder
I agree Hurray!
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Mar 14, 2013 7:27 PM CST
Name: Marilyn
Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b)
Garden today. Clean next week.
Heucheras Bookworm Region: Colorado Garden Procrastinator Region: Southwest Gardening Container Gardener
Enjoys or suffers cold winters Sempervivums Annuals Foliage Fan Herbs Garden Ideas: Level 2
But the anticipation was fun!!!!!
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Mar 14, 2013 7:30 PM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
And in the end...a happy beginning!
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle I sent a postcard to Randy! I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
For our friend, Shoe. Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Enjoys or suffers cold winters Birds Permaculture Container Gardener
Great video! Greatest not-a-raffle ever!

And to go along with it all loads of people got educated and turned on to Sempervivums, eh? A fun learning experience at ATP.

Shoe (amazed at how the youngest Whittinger has grown so fast! So alert! What a cutie!)
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Mar 14, 2013 7:30 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Marilyn, I can't easily draw a new name - the system is programmed to draw the number of tickets that I tell it, and I can't re-run it to just grab one more name.

But you should offer and see who else might want it. Smiling

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