Today's plant of the day for Sempervivum is Hen and chicks (Sempervivum 'Patent Leather Shoes').

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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Patent Leather Shoes') .

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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Patent Leather Shoes')

When I was in school, I remember them saying "there is no such thing as a dumb (personal in your case) question. If you are curious/want it . Ask for it. There may be others who would find this helpful.

Go for it

I took this photo of 'Patent Leather Shoes' during the clinic on Saturday. Just love this smaller type semp.

Oh, I drooled over that one at the clinic. Beautiful picture Lynn.

really pretty! This one is on my want list for sure! My semp sister Patty has this, so maybe by next year I'll have an offset or two

It's my closest to black so far of the ones I've introduced. The waxy texture makes me think of patent leather shoes.

Now I need to make it the size of a football. It actually gets to about 4", but that clump has not been divided.

Kevin

If you start cranking out football semps I'm going to have to add another acre to my garden!

I'll have to stick to the ping pong/tennis ball semps ...

Me too!! Already my neighbors think I'm crazy, can you imagine if suddenly I needed twice the amount of space haha! I like the idea though