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Sep 3, 2013 3:18 AM CST
Name: Chris
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goldfinch4 said:Love this one. Unique shape, beautiful soft green all year, and a bonus of a flower this late in the year. It was sent to me as 'Green Gables', but it doesn't look like the pictures of Green Gables in the database.....Maybe because it was new this year....
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Lynn had asked me how this one was doing. Because it's so unusual I thought I'd start a thread about it so we can follow it easier. Actually it's funny you should ask about this one Lynn, as I just had a conversation with @sandnsea2 about it last week.

Here are some recent pictures.

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It continues with the strange form. I had received it from sandnsea2 in 2012 so asked if hers also looked so unusual. (I actually think it looks like a jovi heuffelli cross pollinated with a sempervivum!) She got it from Youngs and said she contacted them once with a photo to be sure the ID was correct and they said it was how it should be. Sounds like Janice's out grew that form as it got older so I'm curious to see how this one will do since in it's second year it remains strange. All the rosettes have this odd form.
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