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[Sticky] -- Changes to Sempervivum Names by goldfinch4	Jan 9, 2018 12:49 PM	61
The My-Noid-ity Report by webesemps	Sep 21, 2018 3:16 PM	1,415
September Semp Color by AntMan01	Sep 21, 2018 2:31 PM	64
My poor sempervivum can't catch a break by stairbender	Sep 21, 2018 11:18 AM	2
The Geiger Project by twitcher	Sep 19, 2018 11:25 PM	64
handling Semp rotters by AntMan01	Sep 16, 2018 5:35 PM	8
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Mark's Semp Planter Project 2018 by AntMan01	Sep 16, 2018 4:56 PM	284
Chick Grit with Probiotics by Chicklady	Sep 14, 2018 9:33 PM	24
Can anybody identify this sempervivum? by Chicklady	Sep 14, 2018 11:16 AM	28
Will the real 'Black' please stand up. by valleylynn	Sep 14, 2018 10:35 AM	13
Hurricane Florence by cwhitt	Sep 13, 2018 12:23 PM	4
Is it too late to plant sempervivum or heuffelii? by Chicklady	Sep 13, 2018 12:55 AM	7
Pollinating sempervivum 101 by valleylynn	Sep 11, 2018 7:06 PM	70
More Honey by MelissaHopper	Sep 10, 2018 7:45 PM	55
Mountain Crest Gardens Visit by webesemps	Sep 10, 2018 9:03 AM	122
Heuffelii - love 'em or leave 'em? by tcstoehr	Sep 9, 2018 4:04 PM	238
Sempervivella (Rosularia sedoides var. alba) by AntMan01	Sep 9, 2018 3:57 PM	9

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Welcome to the world of Sempervivum (hen and chicks), Jovibarba (rollers), and Jovibarba heuffelii.
Please come in and enjoy the Chat thread and other informative threads. Share your ideas and experiences growing these amazing succulents and post photos of the ones you are growing. Used for container growing, ground cover, rock gardens and hanging baskets. Let your creativity lead you to new ways of using them.

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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Aria')
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Hen and chicks (Sempervivum calcareum 'Maroon Queen')
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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Pacific Sexy')
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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Blue Moon')
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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Spring Beauty')
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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Jeanne d'Arc')
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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Lavender and Old Lace')
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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Hordubal')
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Hen and chicks (Sempervivum 'Florence-Joy')
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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Dynamo')
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Recent comments from our
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Talking about Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Purple Passion'), valleylynn wrote: Makes a very pretty little clump. Here is Betty Bronow's description: Linear leaves. Red purple tips and outer leaves. Deepens in winter. Cilia. Satin, Small. This is Alpine Gardens description: Green centers with mulberry. Very pointed and fringed outer leaves, Dark tips. [ Post Reply ]
Talking about Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Greenwich Time'), valleylynn wrote: A quote from Kevin Vaughn: JungleShadows said:'Greenwich Time' is from 'Cleveland Morgan' X calcareum. It goes through a couple phases, sometimes looking like a more purple larger version of 'Cleveland Morgan' and sometimes looking like a velvety calcareum. Helen didn't believe me when I told her the pedigree as she had never had calcareum bloom. Several years later a box arrived from Helen with a blooming calcareum and a note attached saying "I believe you now". It was from my very first year of crossing, If you cover the calcareum stalk you will see that it makes TONS (well maybe not tons, but lots) of pollen. I dud use 'Extra' and 'Guillaume' in crosses last year and rediscovered what I had known in '64: calcareums make lots of pollen! The only bad thing about 'Greenwich Time' is that it's a cross of two diploids and nearly sterile. I had one seedling last year and about 6 this year from open pollinations. I do save those as they are likely to be odd combinations of things genetically. Kevin [ Post Reply ]
Talking about Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Holly Jolly'), valleylynn wrote: A comment from the breeder of 'Holly Jolly'. JungleShadows said:Holly Jolly is one of the more unusually patterned Killer seedlings and it did SCREAM XMAS because of the red and green coloration. It's not as big as some of the others from those groups. Oddly enough I haven't used it much in crosses. I was concentrating on the bigger siblings. (much to Bev's chagrin!) Kevin [ Post Reply ]
Talking about Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Weirdo'), valleylynn wrote: A quote from Kevin Vaughn: JungleShadows said:Weirdo isn't quilled but it is ODD. Splits and produces rosettes at strange places and never has a proper center. Very unkempt! Kevin [ Post Reply ]
Talking about Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Belladonna'), valleylynn wrote: A quote from Kevin Vaughn: JungleShadows said:Aymon Correvon and Belladonna are nearly sterile. Aymon Correvon is a montanum X wulfenii cross so two diploids with different chromosome counts. It is the plant equivalent of a mule. Belladonna is montanum X somebody but i'm not sure who. I still try each year to cross on to Aymon but so far not seedling one. Greenwich Time is montanum X calcareum and i have exactly ONE seedling. It is a nice one though! Kevin [ Post Reply ]

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