Sempervivum and Jovibarba

[cohan]

Lucky you.

i agree! usually i am glad to be far from volcanoes...

[Rogan]

"They look great on the lava. Did you have to visit a volcano Chris, to get the lava?"

You could probably do the same thing with pieces of laterite...

[christian pfalz]

not a volcan rogan, very old ones in the "eifel" germany....
kind regards
chris

[ruweiss]

2 more Semps and a Jovibarba:

[Ragged Robin]

Great photos of your Semps on lava tufa, Chris, they nestle very happily there and the colours and forms show up really well 

[Ragged Robin]

Rudi, lovely Semps you are growing - how big is Baby Boo? Is the Jovibarba Hardy?

[ruweiss]

Robin,thanks for your friendly comment. Baby Boo is a small to medium sized S. arachnoideum
form. (10 mm or more)
All the Jovibarba heuffeli and Hybrids are totally hardy with me, the Hybrid in the picture originates
from a plant friend who lives in the Bayrischer Wald (Bavarian Forest), one of the coldest regions
in Germany.

[christian pfalz]

thanks a lot, robin...
cheers
chris

[Graham Catlow]

Sempervivum 'Lion King' with it's 35cm flower spike.
I'm sure that some will disagree with me but as I said previously; this is a waste of a good plant. I do not see any attraction in the flower head, and from tomorrow when I destroy the blessed thing I will have a large gap in the pot.

Graham

[TheOnionMan]

Sempervivum 'Lion King' with it's 35cm flower spike.
I'm sure that some will disagree with me but as I said previously; this is a waste of a good plant. I do not see any attraction in the flower head, and from tomorrow when I destroy the blessed thing I will have a large gap in the pot.

Graham

I agree with you Graham, many semps in flower are not overly attractive, just kind of chunky and weird looking.  Although, some are actually pleasant in flower, like arachnoideum forms such as 'Shampoo' shown above, and I sort of like S. ciliosum in flower.  I have a single Jovibarba heuffelii 'Torrid Zone' rosette starting to flower, fortunately none of the three in this container ever want to bloom much (ciliosum var. borisii & 'Nouveau Pastel' are the other two).  Here's a photo taken moments ago... don't let the photo taken during a brief moment of cloudiness fool you, it's HOT today, about 90 F (+ 32 C), supposed to be in the 90s F all week.

I'm also showing a photo of a planter with 3 semp varieties and Opuntia humifusa in it.  The most interesting semp is one called 'Alluring' shown on the left; what a metamorphosis of colors it goes through, now a vibrant amber-lime color.  S. arachnoideum 'Robin' is one of the better arachnoideums (well, they're all good aren't they), this one with a distinctly orange hue to the outer leaves, and S. erythraeum is so slow growing and neat... love the subtle shades of olive-tan with hints of pink.

[Graham Catlow]

Two nice planters Mark.
I particularly like the R. argyrophyllum ssp nankingense in the first one.
I know what you mean about S. erythraeum being slow. I keep wondering if I got the compost mix wrong as it doesn't seem to do anything.
We've had a dreadful day today. The winds have been very strong and some very heavy showers. 32C is too hot for me. A pleasant 20C would do.
Graham

[TheOnionMan]

Two nice planters Mark.
I particularly like the R. argyrophyllum ssp nankingense in the first one.

Where?

[Graham Catlow]

Sorry, I think I'm going mad
I meant the Jovibarba heuffelii 'Torrid Zone'
I don't even know where I got that one from?
Must have been copying something and pasted it in the wrong place.

Graham

[Maggi Young]

Sorry, I think I'm going mad
I meant the Jovibarba heuffelii 'Torrid Zone'
I don't even know where I got that one from?
Must have been copying something and pasted it in the wrong place.

Graham

  Tee Hee!

[cohan]

Sorry, I think I'm going mad
I meant the Jovibarba heuffelii 'Torrid Zone'
I don't even know where I got that one from?
Must have been copying something and pasted it in the wrong place.

Graham

you had me searching back to see what you were talking about...lol..
nice planters mark.. graham--sorry for the coming hole in your planter.. i rather like semp flowers, but i can see it being a bit of a pain in a smaller planting...