Lynn can you fix the HALE and make it HAIL in the title of this thread. Driving me nuts when I see it.

Thanks.

Ta da.

YOU ARE SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!

Hooray for "HAIL"!! We have a "Hale's Brewery" here so every time I saw the title of this thread I'd think of "Hale's"

So glad she could change it. ... Now I can concentrate on other things, like planting
the box full of semps she sent to me. She is so kind.

I am so excited to see them. Am waiting to see them until tomorrow morning. Time ran out on me today.

Here is my new list from the Smith Oregon Conservation Gardens :-)
S. Dallas
S. Pittoni
S. Ysolde’
S. Calcacera ‘greenlii’
S. Lemon Babies
S. Witcherii
S. Raspberry Ice
S. Michael’s Golden
Orostachys lwarenge

I also got Raspberry Ice from Chris so I will be able to compare how the two different climate sources do for me here.

Hope your Raspberry Ice does better for you than it does for me.
I think I will try moving it a different bed and see if that will work.

Marilyn - Score!!! Lynn you are very generous!!

It is the semps that are generous. Boy are they starting to mass produce.

I have so many chicks on so many plants! They're still very small, but I can see if they keep on, how quickly one needs to find places to give them away!! (this isn't going to be a problem, so far, any of my friends that I've asked are so excited about the possibility!) I always tell them, "Now don't expect them to look this good" (totally kidding!)

OOoooo! Wonderful list Marilyn! I can't wait to see where you put them all

Greg. I'm begining to wonder how much more garden i'm going to need to dig up in a year or twos time just to accomodate what I've already got, never mind any new ones!

Raspberry Ice does well for me here so it should do fine for Marilyn.

Tabby, I hope you are right, however I think your soil is probably more natural (keyword for horse manure) than is mine.

I have tried changing and adding a bit more sandy type mix into my MG Orchid Mix so am hoping for better results. It is really fast draining so I am going to have to watch it more closely for water needs.

Also Tabby gets quite a bit more sun than I have in my location.
I keep experimenting and will keep you all posted.

I am trying to keep the long view, instead of expecting instant results. (sigh.. it is so hard.. I want chicks and colonies NOW)

CDsSister said:
I am trying to keep the long view, instead of expecting instant results. (sigh.. it is so hard.. I want chicks and colonies NOW)

Yes, I agree, Marilyn; your demand should be fulfilled!

Marylin, Be careful what you wish for! Are you familiar with the term "exponential growth". If today I have 1 semp that produces 20 offsets and next year those 20 each produce 20 offsets, then you will have 400 plants next year, followed by 8000 in year 3 and 160,000 in year 4. While 20 is a bit high for some of them, there are other varieties that produce many more than that. You will have what you wish sooner than you think. (Ask Lynn, I think she is experience some of those numbers...) Can you handle 100k+ plants in a few years???

Remember the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"?

Okay, are you trying to scare me twit.
I was out in the beds today trying to figure out which ones already need thinning.
I don't even want to think about the number of individual plants that are out there.

Oh man, I think I need a couple new beds already!!

Lawn is over rated - make the entire yard into one big semp bed Greg.

I know that'd be amazing!!!