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Apr 28, 2011 7:38 PM CST
Seattle WA. Zone 7
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I would like a fame montrose I think. I love the twisted shape.
I have avoided begging DH to take photos of what I have bought to post here because I have managed to turn three purchases of plants into NOIDs. Quite quickly too!
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Apr 28, 2011 8:39 PM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
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Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing We all have those NOIDS Sherri. That is not one I have.
Come on now, you can take those photos. I learned how to do it. Goes to prove you can teach and old person new tricks. : ) We would love to see your photos. Take a deep breath, pick up the camera (is it digital?) and click it. Hurray!
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May 1, 2011 5:00 PM CST
Name: Terri
North Georgia zone 6b
I missed all the spring specials!!
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I really like my SMG plants. Healthy.

Also my blomma2 plants are very nice.
I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\".
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May 1, 2011 8:16 PM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
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I do to Terri. I have never received a bad plant from them. Not saying it can't happen, this is not a perfect world. : )
This is one I got from them many years ago and it's still one of my favorites.

S. 'calcareum 'Pink Pearl'
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May 5, 2011 5:17 AM CST
Name: cynthia wilhoite
indianapolis in Zone 5
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Lynn, if you ever have an extra baby on the pink pearl. iwould trade anything you don't have
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May 5, 2011 8:21 AM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
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You got it Cynthia. Pink Pearl is really being stubborn right now, no sign of making offsets. I am thinking the calcareum are slower to get going, maybe need more sun and drier weather. Keeping my fingers crossed. I have two in the below strawberry pot and 3 in one of the raised beds. Until last year I never paid attention to when they started making offsets. None last year as I let all but these few die in container that the soil compacted, so the remaining lives ones just worked at getting healthy and produced no offsets. : (
Here is a photo I took yesterday. It's in the heat of summer that it turns that beautiful blue color.
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May 5, 2011 1:53 PM CST
Name: Terri
North Georgia zone 6b
I missed all the spring specials!!
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Ooo I love that one!!! I don't remember them having it now. And still no Internet here. Better hurry up or I'm gonna go blind trying to read the tiny screen on this.
I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\".
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May 5, 2011 2:05 PM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
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Beside you going blind, we miss you here keeping ups going. Did they say when you might expect service to be available again? How is the clean up going?
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May 5, 2011 4:54 PM CST
Name: Terri
North Georgia zone 6b
I missed all the spring specials!!
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Humph! Charter won't even hazard a guess. Last guy was even kind of rude!
I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\".
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May 5, 2011 4:57 PM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
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He was probably on overload. It has to be very stressful for all of you in that area. Group hug
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May 22, 2011 11:10 PM CST
Name: Sandi
Denver, Colorado (Zone 5b)
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So, I bought the Sedum stenopetalum from SMG.Mine looks just like Terri's. Ugh! I didn't see this posting until after I had placed my order. My order was sent out on a Wednesday, spent the weekend at the post office and was finally delivered on Tuesday. All of my plants looked a little stressed. I ordered all semps and the single sedum.

Here is my order:
Jovibarba heuff. 'Bermuda'
Semp. 'Pastel'
Semp. arachnoideum f/Val Miniera
Semp. 'Blue Boy'
Sempervivum Cuttings
Sempervivum Assorted
Semp. tectorum f/Soldeu
Jovibarba arenaria f/Salzburgerland
Semp. 'Red Rum'
Sedum stenopetalum
Jovibarba heuff. 'Beaver'

The 'Pastel' and the 'Blue Boy' still have yet to recover. Sad
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May 22, 2011 11:59 PM CST
Name: Terri
North Georgia zone 6b
I missed all the spring specials!!
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I can't wait to see photos Sandi! I'd like to see the blue boy. And "Red Rum" is my all time favorite!!!! Lovey dubby
I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\".
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May 23, 2011 9:28 AM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
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Really nice list Sandi.

Here are some photos of Sedum stenopetalum, at different stages of it's growing it can look quite different.
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/...

How long have you had the plants? Keep them in a sheltered (from harsh sun) spot until they start waking up.
Twit has taught us to put then in your planting medium (better if it isn't a peat bases one), give them a drink and give them time to recover. Don't keep them wet.
Don't give another drink until the soil pretty much dries out.

Can you post photos so we can see what you are talking about?

Here is my S. 'Blue Boy' after a difficult rainy season this year.
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May 23, 2011 10:10 AM CST
Name: Terri
North Georgia zone 6b
I missed all the spring specials!!
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
The stenopetalum from smg doesn't look at all like the photo on their site. I've been watching it. It does look like the photos from several places of "stenopetalum". In my research I did discover that there are apparently two forms of stenopetalum. And though I have never seen an actual photo of the second "form", I wonder if the photo on the smg site is second form?
I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\".
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May 23, 2011 10:59 AM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
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They must be out of it, as I can't find it on their web site. : (
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May 23, 2011 1:38 PM CST
Name: Terri
North Georgia zone 6b
I missed all the spring specials!!
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Sad I will say though, otherwise I have been happy with their plants. And the plant is stenopetalum, just different from photo. All they need to do is put up a new photo. Maybe they are getting a new photo.
I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\".
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May 23, 2011 2:29 PM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator
Forum moderator I helped beta test the first seed swap Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant and/or Seed Trader Garden Ideas: Master Level
Can you give me a link Terri, I can't find it on their site. Confused
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May 23, 2011 2:55 PM CST
Name: Terri
North Georgia zone 6b
I missed all the spring specials!!
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
You are right of course, it's taken off now. I don't find it anymore either.
I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\".
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May 23, 2011 3:37 PM CST
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Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator
Forum moderator I helped beta test the first seed swap Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant and/or Seed Trader Garden Ideas: Master Level
Okay, now you have to go out and take a photo of the one you got and post it here. Rolling on the floor laughing
Inquiring minds want to see it. Blinking
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May 23, 2011 7:31 PM CST
Name: Sandi
Denver, Colorado (Zone 5b)
Crested lover
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Ok, Lynn. Now if you look at the 'Blue Boy', it looks as if it has gone through a severe drought! Sad It is lacking in color and shriveled. You expect it to look like this(maybe) if it has had a long ways to travel in a dark box. Noticed how it is arched up. The roots were completely dry and crumbly when it arrived. The 'Pastel' doesn't look as bad. It too was really dried up! I received this order on the 10th and planted right away. Usually if I receive bare root plants, it takes a day or two for them to perk up. What are your thoughts? Ah, and the last picture is of the mysterious stenopetalum. I used a cacti and succulent soil. All of the other plants recovered quickly.
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