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Name: Terri North Georgia zone 6b I missed all the spring specials!!    insiderart Mar 31, 2011 9:20 PM CST |
Ok... so, I'm new here, and new to semps. So, show me your top 5 favorites!!!! Why is it your favorite? Color, performance, shape??? This way I can start compiling my "want" list. I added a photo to your post Terri so it would be easy to find. : ) Hope that's okay? I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\". |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b)            |
This is going to be a fun thread.              Now if you ask me tomorrow my list could very well change. I have become very found of the species (thanks to twit), heuffelii and Jovibarba. |
Name: Terri North Georgia zone 6b I missed all the spring specials!! insiderart Mar 31, 2011 11:54 PM CST |
| Oooo that "fuego" is a beaut! I love this!!! I ordered several J. hirta from smg, I love the look of them. See, this is the type of information I am looking for! How it performed, how many chicks, how large it got... Such important info! Lynn you are da bomb! Come on sempaholics don't be shy! I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\". |
 twitcher Apr 8, 2011 6:38 AM CST |
Why just 5?  Like Lynn, my list would change, especially depending on season. I don't have pictures yet, but S. Gazelle is without peer during the spring. J. h. Xanthoheuff in spring colors (such as Lynn's pic shows). S. x barbulatum 'Hookeri" for is small, groundcover beauty, S. Housmanii for is nobleness through all seasons, S. Bronco for its vibrant colors, S. Atroviolaceum (Heimlich), S. arach. Linde for its unusual rings of fir when in clumps, S. Sopa for sheer beauty of color, S. Jungle Shadows because of like fiery orange and S. calcareum Greenii. S. arach. "Linde"  S. Sopa  |
Name: Terri North Georgia zone 6b I missed all the spring specials!! insiderart Apr 8, 2011 10:32 AM CST |
| I love this!! ...runs off to check out photos of the semps in twit's list... I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\". |
Name: Linda M'boro, (Middle)TN (Zone 6b)  LuvNature Apr 8, 2011 11:05 AM CST |
| Where's Twit's list? |
Name: Linda M'boro, (Middle)TN (Zone 6b) LuvNature Apr 8, 2011 11:06 AM CST |
dah...a case of CRS today...  |
| twitcher Apr 8, 2011 11:26 AM CST |
Sorry about the typos, having some keyboard issues.  |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
Off to play in the sunshine. Going to measure some semps also. Some of these are getting much larger this spring than I thought they would.  |
| twitcher Apr 9, 2011 6:13 AM CST |
| I was out just past dawn this morning and took some pictures of Gazelle. Not the best photos due to rushing and lighting issues, but I wanted to share them with you. Gazelle is one of the few semps that can produce a yellow color. During the early spring, it really shows off, yellow centers, shading to mottled red, then green. It stays this way for a few weeks, then becomes less distinct. Nothing finer in the semp world for early spring showing off in my opinion. (Sorry about the slug damage, they get out of control at times here). Pictures don't do it justice. And, yes, that is moss growing in my semp pot. I may have one or two offsets that I can be talked into trading this year. Its a slow increaser for me but an easy, non-demanding plant otherwise. Sempervivum 'Gazelle'   |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
 I would like one twit. She is beautiful. I don't have a name for this one, but it definitely is one of my all time favorites. It pretty much stays this color year round. For some reason the form and the way the leaves are edged in the dark reddish brown gives me joy just looking at it. And this year it has become huge, 7 inches across. I always had her in pots until I lost all but two of this plant and put them in a raised be last year. I had no idea it would get that size, the largest it ever go in a pot was 3 inches.  |
Name: Linda M'boro, (Middle)TN (Zone 6b) LuvNature Apr 9, 2011 11:56 AM CST |
| Twit, those are gorgeous! Gazelle is the one in my avatar... it is gorgeous! It was a wonderful surprise when it opened for me. I've been growing all my semps right under my wings (in containers) where I can keep an eye on them. I'm getting ready to start moving them to the their beds. Do you think I will have empty nest syndrome? Have a great day All  ...I'm going outside...85 and sunny...gonna work that dirt. Lynn, maybe this should be what's your favorite today. ---S.Gazelle 4-09-11---  |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| What is not to love about that semp. It makes my heart flutter just looking at the photos you and twit posted. |
| twitcher Apr 9, 2011 2:09 PM CST |
| Lynn, It tells me that spring is truly here. I'll save some for you, just don't let me forget. Linda, Glad we agree. I'm heading out for a few minutes this afternoon as well. You can always keep a few in pots after you plant most out. |
Name: Linda M'boro, (Middle)TN (Zone 6b) LuvNature Apr 9, 2011 8:17 PM CST |
Lynn, your NOID is gorgeous...and it's 7" across!  I can only imagine how beautiful it is in person. I love the shape of it, with the wide petals/leaves. |
Name: Terri North Georgia zone 6b I missed all the spring specials!! insiderart Apr 9, 2011 8:21 PM CST |
| I love seeing everyone's favorites. I have a couple from the newly planted already!! Need to get a photo, maybe tomorrow. I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\". |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Linda it is making babies. I just noticed yesterday, it is just starting up. Was so worried it would bloom and die this year without produce replacements. It is such a huge beauty. I actually took the metal ruler out this morning and measured it. I thought it was one I got years ago from Squaw Mountain Gardens but I don't think Isella get this big? I will have to research it further. I did not have anything like Isella, so wondering it that is what she is. Can't wait to see your new photos Terri. |
Name: BlueFox Grand Forks, B.C. Cdn. Zone 5A (Zone 4a) Romantic & Rustic, Xeric & Organic           BlueFox Apr 13, 2011 12:26 PM CST |
I would have to say 'Cafe' first of all -this one gets about 2" across, and is slow to make chicks, making it that much more special: 'Fords Shadows' - bigger variety, about 3.5 - 4" across - another one that is slow to procreate:  'Bedivere' mostly for the colour. Each rosette will reach about 3" across.  'Saga' - lots of watermarks, which I love, this one tends to get clusters of crowns and resembles Jovibarba heuffelii - each rosette will be around 2.5" to 3":  marmoreum from Rotendorf - tiny pointed leaves with a distinctive dark point, each rosette is about 1" across and it makes lots of chicks. Lovely texture in a colony:  |
Name: Terri North Georgia zone 6b I missed all the spring specials!! insiderart Apr 13, 2011 12:32 PM CST |
| Nice list! Do you have the same cultivars in Canada we have here in the US? Or are there major differences in the cultivars available? I shall henceforth count you all as enablers of my collecting \"disease\". |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| What a great list Jacki. I can't even choose between the five you listed. Each has it's own charm. |
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