As a comment about Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Moon Maiden'), valleylynn wrote:

Here is a little history on 'Moon Maiden', from Don Mylin:
I cannot tell you the seed parent for Moon Maiden, however I have used 'Korspel Sport' a few years back to generate a series of plants with thicker leaves which is what I was after. One of the earlier ones was 'Emerald City'. Now I have several larger plants with the thickness but green. Moon Maiden was the first one with decent color. When it starts to grow in the spring it looks like it is going to be yellowish ivory but as time passes it gets darker and darker. It made me think of the light and dark sides of the moon. From there it was a leap to an old Duke Ellington tune- 'Moon Maiden'
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Oct 25, 2022 9:24 AM CST
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We always love this background information. Thanks a lot for sharing 🥰
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Oct 25, 2022 10:26 AM CST
Name: Lynn
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Most of Don's semps are named after jazz songs.
The song Moon Maiden was written and recorded by the jazz great, Duke Ellington to mark the Apollo 11's historic flight.
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Oct 25, 2022 12:41 PM CST
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Wow... Amazing... a really interesting fact
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Oct 25, 2022 1:20 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
I need to go through the list of Don's semps and see if I can get information like this on all of them. Thumbs up
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Oct 25, 2022 1:58 PM CST
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That would be fantastic... thank you so much for your efforts... this information is gold for us.... feel free to let me know, we will be happy to share and post if allowed 🌺
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Oct 25, 2022 2:13 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
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