Thank you Greg. If it is out of dormancy next spring I will send some home with you.

I'm going to guess it is one plant I won't try to grow -- needs a mild winter and that is one thing we can't give plants, indoors or out! MR (Love the new smiley!)

MR, I grow them in zone 4 and they do well here. Just protect them from most winter moisture - that's why mine are in containers.

They sound like semps. Well, next year... MR

Mine is the Dunce's Cap (Orostachys malacophylla var. iwarenge I got from Lynn, thought it was 2012 but looks like it was 2013 (getting old and the memory is going)

It winter our sub zero weather this past winter and came out great. No covering except Tulle. It was sitting on the cement steps on my patio in a simi sunny spot int that hypertufa pot. Hoping for a milder winter this year. So far no snow but we did have a bit of frost a couple of mornings last week.

I'll see what survives in my semp gardens (pots in the cellar wells and new rock garden) and then decide whether to branch out. I can't get too far afield here with all the semp seeds I have to plant!

CDsSister said:(getting old and the memory is going)

This sounds a bit heart-felt! Hope you are taking a Gingo supplement. I thought that was just another "come on," but at this point I am willing to try anything that can't hurt and might help. It's the only supplement I'm taking that I can actually see has made a real difference. I've got everyone over 60 taking it now -- we use the Melaleuca combination that a friend got us started on: "Unforgettables..."

I will look into it.

MR, you should be able to grow Orostachys. When you come for the clinic I will send some home with you.

That would be lovely. I want the one that keeps its "chicks" under its wings so to speak!

Then you shall have some.

O. fimbriata blooms just prior to the big freeze--no time for seed

Goes out with a big bang! Gorgeous.

How beautiful they are. Did all of them bloom? Just wondering if they will have enough young plants left to come back in the spring. I hope this is not their swan song.

There might be a couple of young ones that did not try to get a bloom in--I cannot really assess right now because it is all snow-mush.
I too hope this was not their swan song--they have been such a nice color with that silly hat and the 9-bark that I sure wouldn't mind repeat performances.
But I am contemplating some other potential plants to replace them, just in case, which is how I survive winter anyway

Love your attitude dirtdorphins.

I hear you on surviving the winter looking at plants.

dirtdorphins that is so pretty

Wow really is pretty and love the hat planter!! That plant works so well with the planter!!