October 2010 in the Northern Hemisphere

[TheOnionMan]

5. My wife got the idea to plant this Sempervivum in a tree stump. It has grown here for 4 years with only a little watering.

Poul

After seeing some of the more inventive ways to grow semps, I'm inspired to try featuring them in different ways, such as your "semp stump".

[cohan]

tom--great series of colours, shapes and vistas!

poul-the semps look great! i've thought of something roughly similar, but i think mine will need to be in contact with the soil for winter, meaning the wood will  break down fast, but maybe by then the semps will hold it together!

mark--good luck on the semp plantings--have you got approval for the bed in the yard from your wife yet? 

[TheOnionMan]

mark--good luck on the semp plantings--have you got approval for the bed in the yard from your wife yet? 

My wife hardy spends any time outside (not a "yard person"), so what she can't see from the house is fair game in my opinion.  I dug out the area for my wheelbarrow semp planting a couple days ago... will show it soon in the Sempervivum thread.

[annew]

I've been thinking of branching out into jewelery - do you think these would catch on?

[Maggi Young]

I've been thinking of branching out into jewelery - do you think these would catch on?

Partial as I am to statement earrings, Anne, I think that  particular dangle is just a tad too much..... and would require the wearer to have a brass neck for more than one reason! 

 Pretty spectacular fruits though.... what species are they from?

[Ulla Hansson]

So beautiful seed pods. Is it Arisaema seed?

[annew]

Arisaema consanguineum.

[Paul T]

That is amazing, Anne.  I had no idea that Arisaema seedheads could get so big.  I barely ever get seed on any of my Arisaema here, and certainly nothing even remotely akin to those!!

[fleurbleue]

They look like grappes of little rubies... 

[annew]

I've a few seeds left to spare....