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JungleShadows said:Isn't it weird about the rollers? I remember Helen saying that there was not much interest in them and they rarely sold compared to the others. I had another one that I had named 'Emerald Fountain' that had tiny leaves and compact rosettes but Helen thought there was no interest and we decided not to introduce it! But of course that included the heuffs back then too. We only had three real cultivars. It took Bill Nixon and others to use 'Correvon' and others to show the potential there. Now the heuffs might be my favorite.
Kevin

valleylynn said:Kevin, is that the one named h. 'Henry Correvon'?

• Job's Beard (Sempervivum heuffelii 'Henry Correvon')
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JungleShadows said:Lynn,
Yes. That's it. It was first called "Palaisii" (Which is what Bill Newhard had called it, possibly as a plant from Correvon's or Sanford's collection) and then became "Correvon's Form" or just "Correvon" and finally named for Henri. Bill Nixon said it was the source of yellow colors like 'Xanthoheuff' and I've been using a couple of his hybrids that involve it in my crosses. The progeny from Bill's heuffs are definitely the most variable of any batch of heuffs that I've raised. He thought 'Torrid Zone' was a cross of 'Henri Correvon' X 'Giuseppi Spiny' as they are growing next to each other. When I self-pollinated 'Torrid Zone' I obtained all sizes of rosettes and all shapes too, from tiny rosettes with sharply-pointed leaves (like in 'Giuseppi Spiny') to huge reds and purples with more the form of 'Henri Correvon' and every conceivable combination of rosette size, color and shape in between. Some of these were among the largest heuffs I've grown and certainly the most vigorous. Some made 8-10 offsets in a year from seed and bloomed. With many of the heuffs being SLOW, these are a nice change. Alas I have not obtained any yellows so far in my self-pollinations although I did make some crosses of the Nixon ones back to 'Henri Correvon' this year. It would certainly be nice to have some VIGOROUS yellows, wouldn't it??
Kevin

• Job's Beard (Sempervivum heuffelii 'Xanthoheuff')
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• Job's Beard (Sempervivum heuffelii 'Torrid Zone')
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• Job's Beard (Sempervivum heuffelii 'Henry Correvon')
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• Job's Beard (Sempervivum heuffelii 'Giuseppi Spiny')
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