I've spent the last month reading over this forum. This has been a fun surprise to find this little corner of the internet full of active posts from actual experts with decades of experience. Feels a little bit like eavesdropping, but I've learned so much.
So, I bought my first sempervivums this summer from MCG and promptly killed 5 of them. Well, maybe I should back up and explain, I'm in San Antonio, zone 9a, with regular 100+ degree days in July/August and the nights barely dip below 80. I bought this order in July. I didn't know! I gave them only about 4 hours of morning sun but they still melted into a puddle of goo. They were under a 40% shade cloth too! Eventually I put a fan on them once it hit 95.
Anyway, I feel like I have a better handle on it now, and the weather is finally cooling off, but going forward I still would like to know... are there any semps that y'all have found can handle the heat better, or even thrive? In theory, it seems to me that the heuffelii might do better with those fat leaves, but does anyone have experience for or against that? Also any tips for care in the deep summer? I would love to read any experiences from people with similar heat. As much detail as you have time for!
Secondly I've read a couple of people saying they got packages from
@valleylynn . Then I ran across this one particular semp called Lynn's Rose Gold, and I love it. I neeeeed it. But I can't find how to order or request. I know I can just message her and I will, but I figured if I'm wondering then other readers will too, so I thought I'd ask about it here.
Finally, here are some of my babies that survived the summer...
They are all a bland green right now, but at the moment I'm just relieved to have not killed them. The big batch is a 1/2 lb of random offsets from MCG. Here's the named varieties I got.
Semp. 'Hester' DEAD
Semp. 'Mona Lisa' DEAD
Semp. 'Stuffed Olive'
Semp. 'Wunderhold'
Semp. Chick Charms 'Cinnamon Starburst'
Semp. globiferum ssp hirtum 'Histoni' DEAD
Semp. heuffelii 'Minutum' (exclusive)
Semp. tectorum 'Mettenianum' DEAD
Amanda
