How beautiful, Lynn! The colors are magnificent!

Thank you Janice, this year was particularly fun with the other alpine type plants added last fall.
This one was put in the bed late fall. It just started blooming yesterday. It is small and plays nicely with the semps & jovis.

Rhodohypoxis 'Red Star'

How sweet!
What a beautiful unusual flower!
Where did you purchase it?

I got it from Edelweiss http://www.edelweissperennials...
Rosy Posy (Rhodohypoxis baurii)

Thanks, Lynn! It is lovely.

Thank you Janice.

Beautiful beds, Lynn! I really like all your little alpine plants too.

I really like the beds when they mature. All the colors patches remind me of a quilt. I'm amazed these plants aren't more popular - they're so easy and neat and tidy compared to just about everything else. Pictures like these are probably going to help get more people hooked.

I agree. I started gardening about three year ago and have learned a lot about plants. I was slow at getting started as I was a full-time student on a very tight budget. I finally purchased one semp at Homedepot last spring and fell in love with it. I then purchased another in fall and saw how resilient it was as I plucked its chicks and moved it several times to different areas. I have had collected many plants from trades and many of them did not survive. This is the one plant out of all others that I have that is forgiven, generous, and astoundingly beautiful to watch all year round. So, I sold the other plants and made some money just to purchased the semp collection this spring. I may be relocating several more times but this is the only plant that I can pack its many cultivars in my suitcases and take them wherever I go.

Pack away Kim, they will be happy to go with you, where ever you go.

I've posted these in another thread, but I thought this might be the more appropriate thread.

Newly planted semp bed last October and same bed now:


Another new bed:


I need to clean up the bed out in back and make it picture worthy.

Tabby it is amazing what they do in one year. That bed is beautiful, and I love the way you have inter-planted it with other plants that play well with the semps. So pretty.
Can't wait to see the new bed filled out.

Oh, tabby!!! Be still my heart! Gorgeous!!!

Love the beds. Amazing how much color is in there.

I love all the variation of color, size and growing habits. They amaze me every time I walk around looking at them.

Beautiful bed!!! Can't wait to see your other bed.

I love the way you have other plants mixed in with your semps too. Gorgeous! Your little gnome seems to be staring at a plant trying to make it grow! So cute!

Thanks!
I'm thinking next year those semps are really going to need thinning.

Chris thank you for the observation. I didn't see the gnome until you mentioned it. He is looking a little impatient.