Well they are fun, but you are more fun.

Nice to be more fun than chicken grit

And interested in the Buki plant (just to stay on topic). May have to make a trip to Pueblo to see what Sunscapes has
next spring.

Oh, please, please take your camera.
Hmmm, when will you be going?

Marilyn,
I bought two at the alpine garden plant sale. I was very inspired by the wonderful display at Denver Botanic Garden in the crevice garden section. Both of my Buki kicked the bucket! Too hot and dry this summer.

I lost one of the two that Marilyn sent me. But the one I have this fall never seemed to falter.

CDsSister said:
Nice to be more fun than chicken grit
May have to make a trip to Pueblo to see what Sunscapes has next spring.

Sounds like a great credential to have in Lynn's Oregon Backyard!...and Pueblo is certainly a lot closer than France. Good Luck!

Have you looked at the plants Sunscapes has?
Now that would be a treat to visit.

The one of mine that doesn't look too good has almost died several times. I keep watering and puttering with it, and it keeps hanging on so we'll see!! Who knows maybe it'll all be ok

Well, I am glad I started this... but well, I am now looking for some seeds to start anew :)
YES, I think the heat plus the fact I just transplanted it... long tap root I may have touched a bit...
Over the winter it was OK.

Too bad I didn't take pics of the flowers but they didn't appeal to me much. Long branching stems, rather small flowers...

good luck finding seeds, or another plant, Calin!

The NARGS swap last year had seeds for this plant.
I wintersowed it, and obtained two plants.
One died over the summer, and the other one is now out under several inches of snow.
I am hoping that it is warm and cosy under the snow blanket.

The plant did not make it through the winter of 2013 to 2014 here in zone 3.
Perhaps it should have been mulched better.

Oh Caroline, how wonderful to hear that you started some from seed. I can't wait to see how yours comes through winter for you.
How did you winter sow them? In situ, or tray/containers?

Hey, chicken grit can be a lot of fun. First, there's the fact that without chicken grit, we wouldn't have healthy chickens and all the fun that chickens bring, let alone the tasty, healthy meals. What would cooks do without healthy chickens? Then there's the sempervivum connection with all this forum and its members do. Why even the forum itself is named after "chickens". Where would this forum be without chicken grit? Then there is the philosophical questions of which came first, the chicken grit, the hen or the egg. Deep philisophical questions depend on the existence of chicken grit. I could go on, but I think you'll agree that being more fun than chicken grit (and hence, Lynn) is a lot of fun.

I have to agree with you Twit. Good to see you again!

Some good points, Twit.
Feel better, Marilyn?

The wintersow was in juice containers of potting soil.
End of March.
I did not know anything about this plant except it might be good in a rock garden.
I should really research the seeds better.

Bev, and Twit, thanks for the encouragement. I do feel better about being as "fun" as chicken grit.

Lynn when I decide to go to Pueblo to Sunscapes it would be in the spring. Maybe before the conference time (May)
so that perhaps, perhaps, perhaps I could let you know and bring a new buki with me. No promises.

Will keep you posted.

No pressure Marilyn, but it would be so NICE to not only see you at the conference in May but also to see you present Lynn with a distant cousin for Her Buki in May!!!

Oh twit, my day is complete now. I have missed you and your wonderful sense of humor.

See, even twit thinks chicken grit is fun. I'm not so odd after all. Well, maybe a little odd.

Caroline, your information is very helpful. It let me know that I can late winter/early spring sow the Buki seeds when I do the sempervivum seeds. Thank you so much.

Bev, maybe we should have the occasion catered. Call the local news paper and TV stations.
'Local woman presented with a Buki'. See footage here on channel 8 on the 5 o'clock news.

Now Greg will want one too, so he can be on the news.

I gotta find a seed source as they are a bit easier to transport. or maybe even mail.