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Name: Melissa Hopper St. Helens, Or (Zone 8a) Semp addict horse junky dog flunky          MelissaHopper Oct 21, 2018 7:50 PM CST |
| With all the lovely sunshine we have been getting for the past few weeks, some of my semps are looking really pretty. And some are just hanging around, waiting for winter. Borscht  Bronco  Centennial  Dragon's Eye  Fashion Diva  Fuego  Gold Nugget  Hordabal  Lucy Liu  Patent Leather Shoes  Pepito  Positively Glowing  Pumaros  Round Midnight  Silver Spring  Twilight Blues  Viking  |
Name: Julia Washington State (Zone 7a)           springcolor Oct 21, 2018 7:55 PM CST |
| Looking so great! That Twilight Blues is gorgeous! Sempervivum for Sale |
Name: Melissa Hopper St. Helens, Or (Zone 8a) Semp addict horse junky dog flunky MelissaHopper Oct 21, 2018 7:59 PM CST |
| Thanks Julia. That Twilight Blues is one of my favorites. Funny thing is I have two pots of it and they look totally different even though they are from the same parent plant. The other one does not have nearly as much color but it has been more in the shade than this one. |
Name: Julia Washington State (Zone 7a) springcolor Oct 21, 2018 8:04 PM CST |
| I have that issue with my Frost and Flame. I've had them growing together now but still some are more purple. Darn plants, keeps it interesting. Some of yous look large, like Bronco and Pumaros. They look so good in all the wonderful sunshine. Sempervivum for Sale |
Name: Bev Salem OR (Zone 8a)    webesemps Oct 21, 2018 8:58 PM CST |
| Your Round Midnight looks huge! Mine barely surpasses the size of a half dollar...remember those? Nice to still have all those colors. I have to bend down close and look a while before finding color in the flats of semps. |
Name: BigT Central Illinois (Zone 5)     Bigtattoo Oct 22, 2018 10:08 AM CST |
MelissaHopper said:Thanks Julia. That Twilight Blues is one of my favorites. Funny thing is I have two pots of it and they look totally different even though they are from the same parent plant. The other one does not have nearly as much color but it has been more in the shade than this one. I agree, Twlight Blues is a real stunner. I have similar issues of same semps different amounts of color, even growing side by side with same light etc.. Closest I can figure to explain is slight differences in my soil makeup or possibly the material the containers are made of, aluminum vs. plastic. I think Bronco, Fashion Diva and Viking are real standouts in my book. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b)         |
| They are all gorgeous Melissa. Well grown and happy semps. Love the eye lashes on 'Hordubal'. Lots of interesting colors going on, 'Gold Nugget' is glowing with it's lovely yellow green coloring. It is amazing how the same semp can present with different coloring, with minor changes in light, soil, water and positioning within the colony. I find @ricos (Jo Ann) thoughts on propagating only the clones that most represent the cultivar interesting and worthwhile. |
Name: Mark McDonough Massachusetts (Zone 5a)       AntMan01 Oct 27, 2018 8:05 PM CST |
| Catching up on this topic too, Melissa, what an impressive series of beautiful cultivars, hard to pick favorites but I'll go out on a limb and select Twilight Blues, Fashion Diva, and Borscht. We're still in October, I'll post some of my semp October color. Avatar: Jovibarba x nixonii 'Jowan' I use #2 chicken grit to feed my hens & chicks :-) |
Name: Mark McDonough Massachusetts (Zone 5a) AntMan01 Oct 27, 2018 9:24 PM CST |
| poof Avatar: Jovibarba x nixonii 'Jowan' I use #2 chicken grit to feed my hens & chicks :-) |
Name: Bev Salem OR (Zone 8a) webesemps Oct 29, 2018 1:08 PM CST |
This 'Treebeard' semp has been in my ID'ed collection the longest as I got it in 2013 when I started to label the semps This is the first offset it has ever produced. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| And who is it Bev? Love the colors. |
Name: Ângelo Bueno P. III South Jordan, Utah, USA (Zone 7a) 🇧🇷🇺🇸        BlueOddish Oct 29, 2018 6:16 PM CST |
| A couple of pictures from after I removed most of the stupid leaves from the bed. Averil Rubin Eu sou Brasileiro! 🇧🇷 Eu falo Português! Avatar photo is the bloom of Brittle Pricklypear (Opuntia fragilis). |
Name: Bev Salem OR (Zone 8a) webesemps Oct 29, 2018 6:27 PM CST |
Very nice colors  added to the thread, Angelo! |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Wow. Angelo your 'Averil' has awesome color. Very nice indeed. Taken today: I love this one, it has such nice waxy shine to it. And I see it is getting watermarks. |
Name: Mark McDonough Massachusetts (Zone 5a) AntMan01 Oct 29, 2018 8:37 PM CST |
| Gee, I wonder if the ones I posted recently are deficient in some way. Avatar: Jovibarba x nixonii 'Jowan' I use #2 chicken grit to feed my hens & chicks :-) |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Sorry Mark, I some how missed the photos you posted earlier today. They definitely are not deficient. Lots of beautiful fall colors and all are so well grown. Love your Pacific grouping. |
Name: Christie Central Ohio 43016 (Zone 6a) Plays on the water.        cwhitt Oct 30, 2018 7:13 AM CST |
BlueOddish said:A couple of pictures from after I removed most of the stupid leaves from the bed. Love your Averil. Very striking. So, then did you leave the smart leaves then???  Plant Dreams. Pull Weeds. Grow A Happy Life. |
Name: Tim Stoehr Canby, Oregon (Zone 8b)       tcstoehr Oct 30, 2018 4:25 PM CST |
| Man... October color is hard for me to find lately. 'Killer' is a standout for sure, and 'El Toro' is not too shabby either.   Enormous 'Gold Nugget' produced by knowledgeable nursery people at the Little Prince of Oregon. There's no way I could make this thing grow so large by myself.  |
Name: BigT Central Illinois (Zone 5) Bigtattoo Oct 30, 2018 5:32 PM CST |
| Those all look colorful to me. I love Killer, just added El Toro to my wish list. |
Name: Melissa Hopper St. Helens, Or (Zone 8a) Semp addict horse junky dog flunky MelissaHopper Oct 30, 2018 5:41 PM CST |
| Tim, that Gold Nugget is wonderful. I wish I had taken the time to visit that nursery and get one for myself. |
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