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me too, Greg! I live in fear of the day any of my mints escape. They certainly try, they all send runners into each other's pots. What kind of plastic do you cover yours with in winter? That's a good idea! We get most of our rain in winter and it can be downright icy (or sleet or snow) so I keep everyone on my patio so I don't get any cold rot and it can get crowded. Poor things only get non-stop full sun in winter and spring here! Is it clear plastic you leave on or just a tarp type thing you take off every day?

Pretty semps in the pictures, Tarev. I find that where I am, many semps can handle more sunlight than my jovibarbas on the occasions I have left them unprotected for too long. I've had a few jovibarbas scorch to death before but no sempervivums, which is interesting I think when compared to yours. Light green ones seemed to burn the easiest, so as an experiment I once left some different light green semps and jovis in hot sun for a day but only had one burn fatally (heuffelli Green Stone). Fickle plants. The hardest part is watering younger plants in summer, older plants do fine but with little ones, too little water and they can begin to shrivel, but too much and the heat and damp soil can turn them to gray mush. Jovibarbas also seem to be more sensitive to excess summer moisture here. I've heard of some people not watering theirs during summer at all, but I think if I tried that our heat and dry winds would finish them off pretty quickly.

Sorry for the ramble, I don't know anyone else near me who grows them so I like comparing with other people living in hot climates