Celebrating Sempervivum

#1: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Oddity')

@valleylynn says, "In the many years I've had Oddity, it has never bloomed. Many times it has produced normal looking, flat-leafed rosettes that seem to grow in a normal fashion for about a year. Then the leaves turn into the tube form of oddity."

@valleylynn added, "Oddity would make a great addition to a miniature garden, by using a single rosette as maybe a shrub? Let your imagination decide how you might use it in your miniature garden."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Oddity')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Oddity')
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#2: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Kalinda')

@SongofJoy says, "This plant is heat and drought tolerant. It needs a sunny location but also needs protecting from scorching afternoon sun. It likes very fast draining soil and to be on the dry side between waterings.

The plant changes coloration depending on seasonal factors with cold weather bringing a very lovely darker red/maroon color to the leaves. Color changes are affected by a combination of factors--maturity, air and soil temperature, length of daylight and sometimes climate.

The rosettes of this sempervivum grow to at least 8-9 inches in diameter for me here in TN."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Kalinda')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Kalinda')
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#3: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Blue Boy')

@valleylynn says, "I love this medium sized sempervivum. As it goes through the year it changes from a blueish/grey to a reddish/grey. There is not a time of the year that I don't find it beautiful."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Blue Boy')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Blue Boy')
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#4: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Bronco')

@goldfinch4 says, "Gorgeous! I'm getting this one in a trade and am excited."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Bronco')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Bronco')
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#5: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Fuego')

@goldfinch4 says, "Beautiful colors on this one!"

@Cruddy added, "2 weeks ago this plant was mostly green with red tips!! Now it appears to be going the other way."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Fuego')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Fuego')
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#6: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Fame Monstrose')

@valleylynn says, "Fame Montrose is noted for its unusual rosettes of very thick leaves. A single rosette may be either thick leafed or have normal looking leaves. A single rosette of either form can produce normal looking leaves, thick leaves, or produce both types from the same rosette."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Fame Monstrose')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Fame Monstrose')
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#7: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Legolas')

@LuvNature says, "It is wonderful to see pics at different times of the year and from different locations. Amazing the transformation these plants go through."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Legolas')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Legolas')
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#8: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Grammens')

@valleylynn says, "Turns dark in Winter. May give five stars after seeing how it does in summer."

@sandnsea2 added, "Huge and very prolific. A star sempervivum for me."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum tectorum 'Grammens')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum tectorum 'Grammens')
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#9: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Rubin')

@valleylynn says, "This is one of my favorite semps. Starting in the spring it puts on quite a show of lovely red color. By summer it looks as if it is wearing a tan petticoat, and even the offsets follow suit with greenish/tan petticoats. It is quite striking."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Rubin')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Rubin')
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#10: Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Jungle Fires')

@JungleShadows says, "'Jungle Shadows' was rather unique when it was born and I still find it a very pleasing semp. Visitors to my garden have really enjoyed it. It is also proving to be a very interesting parent as well. I raised a large crop from both hand crosses and bee set seed when I was in MA and 'Jungle Fires' came out of the bee seed.
The list published on the Slovenian site is mostly right although they have credited Shirley Rempel with 'Jungle Fires'. She did introduce it for me but it is definitely my hybrid."

• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Jungle Fires')
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• Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Jungle Fires')
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