Hi Sol,
Thank you. Really looking forward to this years flowering season. Normally I don't like it when they flower
My Database is constantly evolving, I keep adding new coloumns for additional information I decide is important
I use Google Sheets so that I have access to it on my mobile devices to edit and add to when I am walking around the garden or visiting people.
Currently my database have the following fields:
Genus - just because I like to see Sempervivum written everywhere
species
Cultivar Name -
Also known by Alternate name - here i type in alternate names or if I notice any spelling errors I put the correct spelling here
Presence - this is a tick column to indicate whether I have it or not
#plants - roughly how many I have growing
LIB Section - LIB stands for Library, where I have a approx 20 meter long bed in which I have planted every cultivar I have. This column have drop down menu to pick section and position within the section
Price - how much a cultivar cost to buy - majority of this field is blank but I have seen a few pricey ones sold so if I ever get them I want to remember how much I paid for them
Location - Another drop down menu with all the various growing locations and beds listed apart from the LIB
Year and Breeder/Hybridizer - Any info available on the origins of the cultivar
Country - The nationality of the hybridizer
Mother - seed mother plant if known
Father - pollen father plant if known
Notes - any additional information
So far it is interesting to find the obvious spelling errors that are on some of the nursery supplied plants. We have a number of hobby/boutique nurseries that cater for the collectors of popular succulents many of whom started as backyard businesses and some have become full fledged commercial entities. So it is common for these enterprises to start originally from private collections with plants sourced from various nurseries and other sellers. So same spelling mistake etc. can be seen across many plant sellers.
I hope to help serious Semp collectors here to know the correct spelling of cultivars.
Overtime as my database gets better I might be in a position to contribute but currently I feel it is still developing and a bit amateurish.
If I can manage it I want to chat directly with a couple of nurseries that I know grow a lot of Sempervivums. One I know regularly imports plants from overseas especially Asia and the other import and breed their own plants (almost every succulent you can think of) so I am interested if they have found a sport and named it and that's why I can't find any information on international databases on a handful of Cultivars in circulation in the Australia.
One example is cultivar 'Berwick Red': Almost every Australian Sempervivum seller do sell this cultivar but I can't find info on it on the overseas sites and databases. Berwick is a suburb of Melbourne in the State of Victoria and the big succulent grower is based in this state
