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In the following resource I found a 1927 hybrid I can only "assume " the parent plants are historic Semps
87.'Alpha' ... GEORG ARENDS (DE), 1927 or 1929 ? ... SEMPERVIVUM (S. ARACHNOIDEUM × TECTORUM)
Hybridizers of Sempervivum
In my quest to find the ealiest known semps I happened upon a resource which is providing food for thought
Found on the Cubits Website managed by Lynn Smith aka ValleyLynn
http://cubits.org/sedumandsemp...
Welcome to Sempervivum's World at http://miklanek.tripod.com/MCS...
© CD 7193-4-15-1 Created by M.C.S, Last updated: Wed 31 May 2000, Slovakia
Earliest found Hybrid
20s
87.'Alpha' ... GEORG ARENDS (DE), 1927 or 1929 ? ... SEMPERVIVUM (S. ARACHNOIDEUM × TECTORUM)
1194. 'Gloriosum' = (syn. 'Malby's Hybrid No. 2') ... MALBY (UK), 1920s or 1972 ? ... SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM ?
2193. 'Nigrum' ... ? (UK), 1920s ... SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM
2432. 'Peterson's Ornatum' ... PETERSON (UK), 1926 ... SEMPERVIVUM
30s
2288. 'Ornatum' = (syn. S. MARMOREUM 'Ornatum', S. MARMOREUM 'Rubrifolium
Ornatum') ... SELWYN DUREZ ? (?), 1885 or 1930s ? ... SEMPERVIVUM
2719. 'Rheinkiesel' ... GOOS (DE) and KOENEMANN (DE), 1937 ... SEMPERVIVUM
2822. 'Rubin' = (incor. 'Rubim') ... GOOS (DE) and KOENEMANN (DE), 1937 ...
SEMPERVIVUM (S. TECTORUM × MARMOREUM ? )
3033. 'Smaragd' ... GOOS (DE) and KOENEMANN (DE), 1937 ... SEMPERVIVUM
2823. 'Rubin Rose' ... GOOS (DE) and KOENEMANN (DE), 1938 ... SEMPERVIVUM
3288. 'Topaz' = (incor. 'Topas') ... GOOS (DE) and KOENEMANN (DE), 1937 ...
SEMPERVIVUM
40s
644. 'Commander Hay' ... LEN A. EARL (UK), 1943 or 1958 ? ... SEMPERVIVUM
TECTORUM (S. TECTORUM 'Ornatum' × TECTORUM subsp. TECTORUM
'Atropurpureum')
50s
62.'Alcmene' = (incor. 'Alemene') ... NICHOLAS MOORE (UK), 1950s ...
SEMPERVIVUM
275. 'Beaute' ... BILL KEEN (UK), 1954 ... SEMPERVIVUM
358. 'Black Claret' ... NICHOLAS MOORE (UK), 1952 ... SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM
(S. TECTORUM 'Nigrum' × TECTORUM 'Gloriosum')
747. 'Dark Point' ... NICHOLAS MOORE (UK), 1953 ... SEMPERVIVUM
1324. 'Hall's' ... ERNEST HEPWORTH (UK), 1956 ... SEMPERVIVUM
Hybridizers of interest to me:
Payne
782. 'Densum' ... HELEN E. PAYNE (US), 1962 ... SEMPERVIVUM
Vaughn
2259. 'Old Lace' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1963 ... SEMPERVIVUM
2260. 'Old Rose' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1962 or 1969 ? ... SEMPERVIVUM
382. 'Blue Burgundy' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1969 ... SEMPERVIVUM
567. 'Cherry Vanilla' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1968 or 1977 ? ...
SEMPERVIVUM
(S. 'Silvertone' × S. ? )
1273. 'Greenwich Time' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1968 ... SEMPERVIVUM
1603. 'Jungle Shadows' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1969 ... SEMPERVIVUM *
SR-1976
2059. 'Minuet' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US) ... SEMPERVIVUM
2259. 'Old Lace' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1963 ... SEMPERVIVUM
2260. 'Old Rose' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1962 or 1969 ? ... SEMPERVIVUM
2990. 'Silver Ice' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1969 ... SEMPERVIVUM
(S. 'Silverine' × S. ? )
3002. 'Silver Song' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1969 or 1980 ? ... SEMPERVIVUM
(S. 'Silverine' × S. ? )
(syn. 'Silver Spirits') = 'Silver Spring'
3005. 'Silvertone' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1968 ... SEMPERVIVUM
(S. 'Purdy's 50-5' × S. 'Silverine')
3060. 'Soothsayer' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1969 ... SEMPERVIVUM
(S. 'Cleveland Morgan' × S. ? )
3110. 'Stars and Stripes' ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US) ... SEMPERVIVUM
(S. 'Silverine' × S. ? )
3003. 'Silver Spring' = (syn. 'Silver Spirits') ... KEVIN C. VAUGHN (US), 1974
... SEMPERVIVUM
I have been waiting for things to get above freezing at night to do much of anything out in my patio/entry area.
Last fall I put bonnets on my Sempervivum pots to keep debris and critters out.
Today I took the bonnets off and I think they may all be dead. Since it was raining I did not get a closeup.
All my sempervivums and sedum were lost to the bad winter and vicious up and down swings in temperatures.
I have begun to collect Hostas in containers. I hope to remove the rocks and create a small in the ground space for them either this fall or next spring.
In the meantime here is my front area:
This is a great time of year for gathering ideas for the upcoming planting season.
One of the great ways is to take advantage of the many seminars offered at local nurseries and Garden & Home shows.
His subject title was “Rock Gardens and Alpine Plants; Bringing The Rocky’s Home.”
He was very funny and laughter added to my enjoyment of the topic. He also offered some great ideas for implementing a Rock Garden and the types of plants best for our region.
I thought I would share some of my brief notes
Planning an Alpine Garden - General
Things to Consider before Planting
Alpine design
Essence of a garden – you need to plot out
When starting from Scratch Plan to include:
Types of good plants to use
Mentioned some good for Rocky Mountain area gardens
He is going to do a blog on the Denver Botanical Garden site to give more information. Watch this spot:
http://www.botanicgardens.org/blog/authors/kelaidip
Not the actual pictures he showed but similar plants to consider:
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After a week of sub freezing weather we have finally gotten some wonderful weather again. Although they tell us the artic front will drop down again about Christmas, it was time to get out and enjoy the moderating weather.
I had been wanting to get a couple of pictures of the Mountains in full dress for my FB page and I was rewarded today with a chance to do it. I was on the way out to southwest Denver to an appointment and took my camera along.
I really love how lovely the Mountains look when they are snow shrouded.
Truly Rocky Mountain Majesty
Trip to the High Country
Took a trip north up the freeway to the high country. Chose to go to Wyoming this year. Will visit the Colorado Mountains next week.
The trip started on a rainy overcast day. We soon ran into heavy winds which made driving a challenge. Pretty soon we started up the Snowy Range Scenic Byway which crosses the Medicine Bow Mountain Range and the beauty of God’s handwork was on full display. On this day we did not see much color change but we did see some snow capped mountains close up and some frozen trees. The winds were intense and the trees indicate this is the normal state along this road. If it had not been so cold and windy we would have stopped to enjoy more of the magnificent scenery, and other points of interest, or done some hiking or just walking. It was beautiful and filled with views of many glacier fed lakes. I bet the fishing is great.
Trees getting ready to turn
Top of the 10,000+ Pass
at Libby Flats
Once we got to our destination (Saratoga Wyoming) it was a bit warmer and less windy. We got to finally see the only wild life on this trip (no not the cowboys) a deer or three. I did not count the herd of cattle roaming the open range areas. (Although there was one really ugly beat up bull which might have been a wild one too.)
Wild Life
Did I mention this was a great time of day to visit as we had the roads to ourselves and there were not that many tourists in the town either, just a few of what might have been hunters, although I am not sure about their seasons.
Our destination was Saratoga which is a small town with one main street running east and west and one running the other direction, with a few side streets. It is right along the North Platte River and the original Overland Trail route. The river was running very high, but they had not had any flooding. They have a hot springs pool which we because we misread the sign did not get to visit. It would have been nice to soak our aching muscles after a couple of days of driving, but maybe next time.
Our second day brought us a bright warm sunshine filled morning. It was spent in making a drive over the Battle Mountain Scenic byway, and over the Battle Pass which is 57-miles of paved highway over the crest of the little-visited Sierra Madre Mountains of the Medicine Bow National Forest. The drive took us over the continental divide. There were two sites of especial interest, one was the “Aspen Alley” a gravel side road through the heart of a magnificent grove of 75-100 foot tall Aspen. They had not turned their autumn color yet but they were quite a sight anyway. Found some color on the other side next to a wide open meadow in which we had our lunch. The quiet and peace were in themselves awe inspiring. One forgets how wonderful pure silence can be.
The other sight was a view of the wilderness area, a turnout gave us the view of overlooking Battle Lake and a monument to Thomas A. Edison. While vacationing here, so the story goes, in 1878, Edison threw a broken bamboo fishing pole in the fire and was intrigued by the way the frayed pieces glowed. These observations supposedly gave Edison the idea on how to develop his own design for the light bulb's filament. This is right next to one of the designated wilderness areas, either Encampment River Wilderness or Huston Park Wilderness.
Some more Scenic Views
Back on the return trip we passed through the Grand Encampment Area and stopped a the Centennial monument. The sign makes interesting reading and the Remington Bronze a memorial to the celebration of the town history of hosting the American Indians and mountain men in rendezvous.
Another interesting site were the hills which looked like piles of loose rock that had been dumped there known as Baggot Rocks. I thought they looked like dog piles or perhaps Buffalo Pies. (smile)
Back over the mountain on the final day and a chance to view some areas of the Rocky Mountain National Park from another vantage point. Unfortunately there were not many places to pull off and get the pictures we would have loved to take. Why don’t the road planners think about sight seers? I would have added a pull off every mile or two so that it would be safe to take pictures.
I will try to get some pictures next week when I travel to the now isolated beauty of Colorado’s high country. Many of the roads are still being worked on after the floods a couple of weeks ago.
Today we are experiencing cold and drizzle again with a bit of fog (52 degrees high). Freeze warnings for tonight. Have to cover some plants.
