Sempervivum

[Peter II]

Sempervivum spec.

[Great Moravian]

6 petals

[Great Moravian]

A 1986 introduction of Sempervivum galicicum photographed
by Marek Chaloupka.

[Maggi Young]

This received which may be of interest to Sempervivum lovers:
"Dear Scottish Rock Garden Society,

we are pleased to announce the availability of:

Lloyd Praeger: An Account of the Sempervivum Group (high-quality
               reprint, originally published by the Royal
               Horticultural Society, London 1932)

Information+flyer+sample pages  http://schweizerbart.com/9783443500368

Praeger's classic provides a systematic description of the
Sempervivum Group (Crassulaceae). General introduction to systematics,
history, variability, hybrids, parasites, epiphytes, teratology,
cultivation, economics and hardy Sempervivums in gardens. Systematic
second part with descriptions and illustrations of Sempervivum,
Aichryson, Aeonium, Greenovia and Monanthes of the Sempervivum-Group.
Addendum with garden names and index with species and synonym names.

I'd appreciate if you could circulate this announcement among your
members.


Sincerely,

        Walt Obermiller"


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[TheOnionMan]

Good page and discussion on S. ciliosum forms in the Galicican mountain range.
http://stalikez.info/fsm/semp/site/galic_gb.php

For those looking for S. galicicum, can find it listed as a form of ciliosum.
Sempervivum ciliosum var. galicicum from Mali Hat:
http://www.sempervivumnursery.co.uk/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=65

[ruweiss]

ZZ showed in his last lecture at the Czech- German Rockgardening Meeting in the Würzburg Botanical garden
pictures from his Balkan trip. Among many splendid plants and landscapes were also plants of Semp.ciliosum
var.galicicum in their natural habitat and almost all grew in tight crevices. The few other ones in open ground
were all bigger and not in character, a good advice how to place them in the garden.

[kelaidis]

I have grown 'Mali Hat' for decades and am amazed I can't seem to find a single picture of it: it is one of the best of the genus. I did find pix of two closely related taxa. The first is S. ciliosum 'Borisii' and the second S. octopodes. As Rudy suggests, they really should be grown in tight quarters: these are on a south facing wall that bakes hard in the summer.