I posted these on Perennials Color Echoes also.

Tate, more photos please. I love seeing how you grow your semps. And 'Hordubal' is one of my very favorites right now. I am thinking it may end up being a year round favorite.

Jo Ann, I love the way you teach me to see color. Love the color echoes.
This was an accident that I got the color echoes, but because of you I now look for this type of photo.

Lynn, I use echoes to compose my containers. Imagine my consternation when the semps change color duering the season as well as color changes depending where they are planted.
I just roll with it..

Maybe we should start a color echoes thread here. Echoes work isn't just for plants.They can be found in surrounding rocks and plant locations.

Jo Ann... do you know the names of those delightfully colored sedums in your pictures?

Tim, It's the same sedum.Tricolor. Its a great spreader. Stays greener in shade.
This is a different spot, part shade.

Jo Ann and Lynn, great color echoes you have there!

ge1836 said:Lynn, I use echoes to compose my containers. Imagine my consternation when the semps change color duering the season as well as color changes depending where they are planted.
I just roll with it..

Maybe we should start a color echoes thread here. Echoes work isn't just for plants.They can be found in surrounding rocks and plant locations.

I agree Jo Ann. This is now a Color Echoes thread. Lets see what others come up with. This is going to be fun.

ge1836 said:Lynn, I use echoes to compose my containers. Imagine my consternation when the semps change color duering the season as well as color changes depending where they are planted.
I just roll with it...

Jo Ann then it becomes echoes of the echo! Using the place in your brain where echoes are found in the form of memory, you see the plants as they are now and as they were!!
Love it

I hope sempervivum and jovi fans will start to look at their clumps this way.
I believe it enriches ones perspective.
Thanks Lynn.
Color echoes isnt original with me.
Years ago I read a book by Pamela Harper
http://www.goodreads.com/book/...
I use her principles when choosing plants of any kind.

I am tempted to buy it. I see Amazon has it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0025481851/

T stepped out to take echoes and realized nearly all semps here are green now.
What a disappointment.
Here are a few.
Henry Correvon and Mary Ann tips.

Pacific Blue Ice centers and Pacific Devilsfood



Pacific Devilsfood and Sun Dancer

Quick looked through some older pictures and here are some of my color echos

'Luftsprung' and 'Bjorn'


The rest are all NOIDS

Chris. That is just what I hoped would happen.
Beautiful.

This is making me see things in a new way when it comes to planning my new plantings this fall.

Jo Ann and Chris, your examples are beautiful.

Lynn.
Those are beauties. Is the purple flower a delosperma ?

Yes, it is 'Blute'. A great delosperma. It really is a deep purple like the above photo, but it is difficult to get the color to show in a photo, it wants to come out more the color of D. cooperii in most photos.

I just can't keep delosperma.Maybe they really like deeper soil than my tufas.
I have found my camera abuses the reds, I always have to edit color when processing.

This little delosperma plant has been in this tiny container for two years Jo Ann. I think it just depends on which delo you are trying to grow.

O K Then I will give them another try.
I got mine from Ginger Farm.Do you have any recomendations.

Mesa Verde is tough and blooms all growing season, as does cooperii and Blut. Many of the delosperma just have a short blooming season and are done for the rest of the year.
Ice Plant (Delosperma cooperi Mesa Verde®)