Viewing post #358031 by gg5

I love it! Welcome to this crazy world of semps Kate! In 1999 I visited England, extended stay in Lancashire, Preston, which was "just okay" but on weekends we'd take trips around so I went twice to Wales and once to Scotland, and I tell you - I could tell the difference, there seemed to be a lightness and "fun" in the Celtic peoples that I didn't find with the English, who seemed more reserved. I only went into the north of Wales, around Cardiff but I've always thought about returning! It seemed a lovely place! There must be lots of semps growing around in neighborhoods! (you could do what I do, stalk those gardens that have them and then when the people come out you could beg for a few chicks!)
Serse, I love that you have been "bitten" as quickly as I was, and now Kate sounds like the same for you! I've said this before but it holds sooo true - when you look into semp hybridizers they're all a bit "touched" and they fall fully in love with these little plants! Maybe that's the case for anyone hybridizing plants but I haven't heard of it in the same way as I have with semps!