Hi everyone!
I just found this forum the other day when I was Googling for pictures of different hybrids. Nice to see there are other people who love these plants as much as I do and I am very glad there is a forum dedicated to them!
Is there anyone else growing these in really hot climates? I've never known of anyone else in my area that grows them besides myself. Some information about where I live: high desert in the Antelope Valley in southern California, where I am is zone 8b or 9a depending on which website you punch your zip code into. Very hot and dry summers (100F +) with nice chilly winters and snow a few times a year (usually). And almost always very dry and windy with a very high UV index.
I've had a few sempervivums for a long time but have no idea of their proper names, they were labeled as assorted hybrids when I bought them if memory serves. They aren't stocked very often here (except Cebenese) and I see echeverias and other succulents much more often. This year I decided to expand my collection and went crazy
and now have almost 100 different species and varieties of sempervivums and jovibarbas. All have done well thus far, even growing noticeably during a week of temperatures just under 100 F. The most damage has come from a ground squirrel who slipped through a gap in my bird netting and did some damage the other evening to my oldest ones and some of my new ones.
Anyway, hello again and I look forward to having many conversations with you all!
