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Oct 20, 2017 6:01 PM CST
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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
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Today's plant of the day for Sempervivum is Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Generaal').

A newer introduction from Europe. Rosettes are large, robust and productive.
This plant can be found in our Plant Database at:
Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Generaal') .

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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Generaal')
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Oct 20, 2017 7:16 PM CST
Name: Melissa Hopper
St. Helens, Or (Zone 8a)
Semp addict horse junky dog flunky
Garden Photography Critters Allowed Dog Lover Keeps Horses Hummingbirder Region: Oregon
Sempervivums Enjoys or suffers cold winters
This is making me nuts.

Everyone of these plants you are posting make me go "I want that one and that one and that one".

Guy, I only have 6.24 acres here. I have to draw the line somewhere!! Drooling
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Oct 20, 2017 7:29 PM CST
Thread OP
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
Let me see now, how many 4' x 8' cinderblock beds will fit in 6.24 acres?
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Oct 20, 2017 7:30 PM CST
Name: Melissa Hopper
St. Helens, Or (Zone 8a)
Semp addict horse junky dog flunky
Garden Photography Critters Allowed Dog Lover Keeps Horses Hummingbirder Region: Oregon
Sempervivums Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Be sure to factor in that about half of it is kind of vertical, if you know what I mean. I suppose I could terrace it............................................ Rolling on the floor laughing
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Oct 20, 2017 7:41 PM CST
Name: Bev
Salem OR (Zone 8a)
Container Gardener Foliage Fan Sempervivums Photo Contest Winner: 2014 Garden Ideas: Master Level
Lynn, the 3rd photo of 'Generaal' looks like a small apartment building... Blinking Where's it going?
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Oct 20, 2017 7:53 PM CST
Thread OP
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 have sad news about that last photo of 'Generaal'. Last Monday I tried to dismantle the offsets at the top of the rosette. Non of them have stolons, all are attached to a main core, and are starting to look like they want to bloom. I pried one loose and stuck it in the ground to see if the core will root. I do have the normal offsets around the underside of the rosette. Detached them and planted them. All had roots started.
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Oct 20, 2017 8:00 PM CST
Name: Bev
Salem OR (Zone 8a)
Container Gardener Foliage Fan Sempervivums Photo Contest Winner: 2014 Garden Ideas: Master Level
So deconstruction at the bottom gave way to new foundations but the penthouse is giving you trouble? Shrug!
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Oct 21, 2017 1:24 AM CST
Thread OP
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
The penthouse may not make it. Sad
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