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valleylynn said:I can see how different they look now Mark and Jesse. Mine have remained with the tight compact form and I never had to remove dead leaves after it formed the tight colony. It is a very distinctive semp for size, color, for and growth habit. Your June photo looks great Jesse. Hope deep is the gravel, what is the soil like under the gravel? Does it retain lots of water in that area?

This is planted in my bed along my driveway. It's slightly sloped, but I will check to see if this one is in a low spot. It's the only semp that rotted on me this year so I would bet that is it. My native soil is a sandy loam with very little clay and drains fast. Lots of grit for top dressing. I'll probably clean it up as best I can tomorrow and add more grit. Investigate if it's sunken down a bit more where that one is planted. With the slope, it may be at the lower end of some runoff. I'm glad to hear it's a sturdy plant! It inspires me to try to save it and adjust it's conditions in the spring.