Thank you Tim. I have had 'Centennial' for years, got it from SMG.

Ok so here are my winter semps - PLEASE NOTE I didn't clean up the beds yet so there are many dead leaves around and throughout - oh well!! Ignore please
tectorum from Castigliole and Boromir crested!!

Emerald Spring (the color changes on this are so amazing!)

Gallivarda and Korresia

Goedele and Fusilier

Pilosum (you can't tell but this is a 3.5 inch hen! So cool looking!

Oooh... for Gallivarda. The color is so deep and uniform. Gotta get that one!

I brought these babies back from nothing, they were tiny chicks that I was sure weren't going to make it, that was a full year ago - and they are now about 2 inches, Gallivarda is one that gets large and amazing colors of reds and yellowish! And then this dark purple red in winter!

Didn't want to overwhelm, but...here are the last of my today pics
Fuego (looking very chill!)

Hausmanii

Jeanne d'arc

Michael's Golden with some yellow coming in on the leaves

hirta 'White Knight'

Boromir crested is one weird looking plant!! Greg they all look so good. Fuego is really pretty too. For pictures.

Wow, Greg those are awesome photos. And I don't think you can possible overwhelm us with photos. Pretty much impossible, especially this time of year.

Thank you Lynn I didn't realize Fuego gets such a blueish coloration, it is interesting how red it will get in spring, summer

Greg I could be wrong, but that might not be 'Fuego'. It shouldn't be fuzzy like your photos shows.
I'll go out and look at mine tomorrow, I haven't looked at it for some time now.

hmm I got this from you Lynn, it is a very close up shot

Nice picture Greg. I like hirta 'White Knight' , don't think I've seen that one before.

I agree with Chris, that 'White Knight' is very interesting.

Here is a photo of my 'Fuego' taken this morning. No fuzzy leaves on this one. Look around and see if you can find one that matches the below photo. Didn't you have something move things around in your bed awhile back?

I like Greg's "Fuego" because of the fuzz....but that's the crazy in me.

Fuego is rockin' the house. Lynn's appears to be a tighter, flatter, more broad-leafed rosette. And less fuzzy than Greg's. And yet I wouldn't be surprised if they were the same plant... or different. Nothing surprises me anymore.

I like the rosette habit of Pilosum. Very flat, compact, uniform, and tight formation. Much like 'More Honey' or 'New Sunrise'. They don't need any color besides green to dazzle.
I'll ignore all the dead leaves in people's photos if they ignore all the pine needles in mine. I was pleased with this picture. That's 'Red Rum' in the foreground, not yet looking very red. The agenda for these guys in the upcoming growing season is... GROW!



Anyone else deal with pine needles? They're not harmful but an aesthetic nuisance. It's not like I planted underneath a tree. The offending Fir tree is 100 feet away and is only a problem during the occasional southwesterly winds. I wonder if I could vacuum them up without sucking up all the gravel.

Lynn you are so right, I just looked at my notes, didn't get this from you - I will this year though if you don't mind...so I have a NOID, no wonder it looks so blueish haha Thank you

Tim, I like the shwoy green of the moss(?) on the decorative tree branches. Looks like a good smattering of semps distributed amongst your new bed!
I dealt with cedar needles with fingers and tweezers; it's not an efficient process but hey, I'm retired.

webesemps said:Tim, I like the shwoy green of the moss(?) on the decorative tree branches. Looks like a good smattering of semps distributed amongst your new bed!
I dealt with cedar needles with fingers and tweezers; it's not an efficient process but hey, I'm retired.

The moss may or may not survive as these rocks were moved into this new, sunnier location. There aren't any tree branches in that picture, maybe you're seeing a piece of cement that used to hold a pole in the ground. But there is a pair of tweezers showing in the background. Seems like we both came to the same solution, great minds and all.

Oh Tim, I am in love with that photo. Everything about it sings in my heart. Those lone semps will grow into beautiful colonies this coming growing season. Wow is that going to be beautiful.

Greg it is a lovely NOID. And yes there will be a 'Fuego' waiting to go home with you.

valleylynn said:Oh Tim, I am in love with that photo. Everything about it sings in my heart. Those lone semps will grow into beautiful colonies this coming growing season. Wow is that going to be beautiful.

Greg it is a lovely NOID. And yes there will be a 'Fuego' waiting to go home with you.

Wow, Lynn, that's an awesome reaction. I've tried several times to take a miniature landscape picture with multiple specimens somewhat in focus, but they never came our right. This one came out good and wouldn't you know I wasn't even trying. You and Greg do a real good job of these and that's what I was trying to emulate.

Here's a picture of my 'Fuego'



Oh wait, there's nothing there. How 'bout that? Hmmm.
Yes, I'm shameless, I know it.

Tim you are very bad, very bad. Where is your 'Fuego'? Do I see tiny offsets laying on their sides?

Some of my best photos are just plain luck. Your luck was running high on that one Tim. I keep going back and looking at it.
See how beautiful it is.