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Sempervivum Picture Gallery A-D
Hens and Chicks; Have You Started Your Collection Yet?
These fascinating plants are members of the Crassulacaea, which also includes Echeveria, Sedum and Crassula. The many members of this tribe all have one trait in common; drought tolerance.
I can't help myself - whenever I see one I don't have yet, I have to have it!
The result is over 120 different ones, with more grown from seed.
They are versatile and tough garden plants, and also lend themselves to some really cool crafts where they adapt to challenging conditions, like being planted into a vertical wall mosaic, or covering a topiary.
What other plant can you think of that would not only survive this kind of treatment, but thrive on it?
This gallery of four pages shows these most intriguing plants listed alphabetically - click on the links at the bottom of the page for more.
Enjoy!
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Have a look at some other photographs of the Sempervivum on this page showing the dramatic colour changes that they undergo throughout the year: (Don't miss the other pages in the Sempervivum Picture Gallery linked at the bottom of this page).
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Sempervivum
Sempervivum List
Sempervivum Picture Gallery E-L
Sempervivum Picture Gallery M-P
Sempervivum Picture Gallery R-Z
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Sempervivum;
My Favorite Obsession
Is it any wonder that people get so carried away with their Sempervivum collection?
These are incredibly hardy, drought tolerant and tough plants, yet so varied, in size, form and colour that you never tire of looking at them.
They constantly change over the seasons, and best of all, they increase dramatically in only a few years, so you have lots of excess plants to plant elsewhere, or swap.
Here are a few ways that I've found to use their unique abilities: (Click on the pictures to find out more)
Is there a Succulent Wedding in your future? Use Sempervivum for the 'flowers' - find out how:
The drought tolerance and the ability to grow in tiny amounts of soil makes it possible to grow Sempervivum in tiny pinch pots; choose tiny varieties and species for best success:
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