Makes sense. I have never grown plants in those conditions. Learn something new every day. Thank you, Maggie.
I look forward to seeing your babies in the spring.

Maggie you should be able to grow them outside in the ground under your snow. I get that the beautiful cages you have them in would not like 6 ft of snow. I used to live in a snow belt of Southern Ont. and they grow fine under the snow there. They do not multiply as fast as they do here on the west coast but for some that's ok.

ricos said:Maggie you should be able to grow them outside in the ground under your snow. I get that the beautiful cages you have them in would not like 6 ft of snow. I used to live in a snow belt of Southern Ont. and they grow fine under the snow there. They do not multiply as fast as they do here on the west coast but for some that's ok.

I live in a heavy clay watershed area, where fast draining and high and dry is at a premium.

I have a few semps in nearly pure clay (in small pockets of soil). It is not the best, but they grow…

I want to continue sharing the pics of other Semp Beds!

In 2019 I visited a friend in WA and asked if I could see her semp collection.
At the time, it was the rainy season and this small part of her collection was under tarp:
She had an impressive bunch of colonies, all labeled.

Later, I managed to get from her pics of part of the collection uncovered.


I want to add that the above depictions were only about 1/10th of her collection. I was grateful she had let me stay overnite (and fed me a couple of meals too...Thank you, Julia! ) so that I could see the rest of her expansive semp beds. I have to say while wandering thru the numerous plantings, I kept thinking there could not possibly be more...but further on there was!!

As an aside, let me say that I have had a few really hearty and well prepared meals from semp owners who have allowed me to visit their gardens. Thank you folks for such warm hospitality...You all know who you are!

Bev, thank you so much for more photos of sempervivum beds.

@springcolor Julia, you grow them so beautifully.

I believe this is what I bought a pot of last year, I brought it in for the winter, with my other ice plant that also doesn't overwinter. I'll get a few pots in spring.

dnrevel said:What a juicy, full thread for 2022 on succulent / sempervirums. I wanted to share my Winter Sowing ice plant success from last year, that may apply to semps as well. I love the plant and couldn't believe that WS the very fine, dust-like seeds worked like a charm. I'm overwintering them indoors, so the first photo is a close-up of the succulent - cactus-like form of the plant:

Ice Plant close-up Delosperma floribunda 'Stardust'

Collage, including new sprouts from seed

I live in Michigan, so this is one way to enjoy this plant year round, wintering some indoors and sprouting new plants, as need be. :-)

I've haven't had the privilege to meet this Semp collector located in Wisconsin. We have been tree-mailing back and forth for 4 years now. It was always a visual treat for me to scroll thru the numerous photos in the Sempervium Patch website featuring semp offerings from her collection. I came across an old photo of her garden and was excited then by what I considered "sizable colonies".

Semp Garden with her potted creations highlighted alongside the semp colonies (circa 2012)



Updated 2021 photo of inventory expansion to accomodate dba Licensed Wisconsin Nursery. It's still my favorite pastime to peruse the colorful photos of her semp inventory.

Holy Smokes, Chris!!

Bev thank you for posting those photos.
Chris's beds are so impressive, I can't even imagine how much work that must take. But also worth it when you stand back and look at it. Makes me wanna go back home and rip out all the lawn and get started.

Which reminds, me I am not at home I am in California visiting my sister.
And my computer is still not working and has to go back for repairs.

Oh no!...how about using your phone since Dave has worked so hard to streamline the website to operate better on the mobile phones?
Not the same I know, but still a way to communicate...Wait, you probably are on your phone!?

Rip out all the lawn? Oh my! I thought you did a good job streamlining your collection down to a couple of beds but I guess your major "gifting" of all the thousands of semps to every lucky person who got them was a major act of kindness!

Nice to see some Sempervivum plantations.

Wow, I'm away from this forum for a few days and they change the format! I don't like this text or the way the whole forum is scrunched into a smaller space.

The weather is cooperating a bit and I've gotten a god bit of the yard cleaned that I didn't get to in the fall because of the constant rain. Plants are tough and things are already looking good. The gold heuffs are showing good color.

My first batch of seeds has started to germinate, including some from selfing 'Bev's Bumps'. I have some others from that cross that have some wild bumps and huge size that I'm watching. However, I don't get too excited about any seedling at this time of year. Winter colors are not spring colors. I do flag a few that have exceptional colors just to see if they have good spring color. Only then will they get a number.

Kevin

Aeonium2003 said:Nice to see some Sempervivum plantations.

I know. For some, the word "bed" minimizes the grandeur of it all

Kevin,
I don't like the new text or the format.

John

Alchemist said:Kevin,
I don't like the new text or the format.

John

I agree too. THough I am ok with some of the other aspects of the update.
I hope we get the chance to change font/revert

I'm not going to complain, but it is a bit strange. Serifs and san-serifs. Uggh

I'm on an iPad, so it's fine for me. I'm sure you computer users got the short end of the stick though, so sorry about that. The text is a bit different, but I'm a guy who likes new things (I have some games and websites myself where I am constantly changing the format).

And Evan/Bev, I agree on the "plantations." Definitely not mere beds.

I'm strictly a PC user and everything is working perfectly from the get-go. Yes, it is different and will take a bit of getting used to but eventually I'm sure I'll forget what it used to be. And with my memory it won't take long.

I haven't seen anything like overlaps etc as being discussed on Site Talk. After Dave fixes all those things mine will probably be messed up!

I do most of my garden.org usage on my phone, and the photos are overlapping off to one side of the thread outline, I can see them if I zoom out or scroll sideways but it's a little awkward. I'm sure they'll fix the bugs eventually so that folks can enjoy the site on any device. Similar format shifts have happened in the past and had similar bugs as well, in the end they've always taken care of it.

valleylynn said:Bev thank you for posting those photos.
Chris's beds are so impressive, I can't even imagine how much work that must take. But also worth it when you stand back and look at it. Makes me wanna go back home and rip out all the lawn and get started.

Which reminds, me I am not at home I am in California visiting my sister.
And my computer is still not working and has to go back for repairs.

Go for it this spring!!!
You will have so much space! You could start planning for it now......