Out of the dark chocolate ones my favorite is still 'Pacific Devil's Food'. I was looking at the brown toned semps yesterday, they are all wonderful, but this one still is my favorite.
All photos were taken today:
Another standout in my beds right now is 'Pacific Hepsport'. It has the same form as 'Pacific Hep', but the color is totally different, as you can see by the below photo.
How could I not love this dark beauty? In the spring it is as black as a semp can be, a real standout.
This is my favorite arach type of semp in the summer. It is covered in very white webbing, and makes very dense colonies. It also seems to be sun/scorch resistant. A great quality to have in your arachnoideum semps.
We don't want to forget about the Jovibarba types.
Here is one that is showing why it was given the name of 'Blaze'.
I love 'Grunrand' year round. It has it's drawbacks, produces very few offsets, but well worth growing for it's beautiful form and coloration. You can see better photos show it's form.
Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Grunrand')
I love this new one from Fernwood. Produces large crops of offsets, is a robust semp that doesn't seem to be bothered with any of the weather we get here in the Pacific Northwest. It also tends to start showing it's most intense colors in late summer and through fall.
Newer semp from Perennial Obsessions that has caught my interest. Seems to have year round color interest. This time of year seems to bring on intense color in a small to medium sized semp. This will fit into anyones collection.
I almost forgot about 'Persephone'. Sad to say the rosette and all offsets bloomed out. I removed the offset bloom stalks and will save seed from the rosette bloom. This is one very large and impressive semp. Even the bloom stalk is massive, as you can see in this photo. And the way the limbs of the bloom stalk grow is really different from all my other semps. Almost like a medusa
