I have some sempervivums in pots and they don't get full sun all day - they're west facing, and one pot is currently partly underneath a Hakenochloa which is trailing over the edge of the raised bed it's in. It's fine. As long as they're in gritty soil, and don't get waterlogged, they're happy enough. I also tip the bigger pots on their edge in winter, to help them from getting too soggy Many of them are quite adaptable.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Didn't work for me in the Belgian garden @Fairygirl. They didn't thrive in summer unless in full sun and then rotted in winter but I expect we were colder as well as wet and no direct sun in winter either.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Hi Dovefromabove - is that a shallow planter outside?
Yes ... they’re totally hardy if they’re well drained. There are all sorts ... the common one is known colloquially as a ‘Houseleek’ and old East Anglian cottages used to have them growing on the shallow concave pantiles ... they were said to prevent lightning strikes. Some grew into large mounds over 100 years old ... sadly they’re rarely seen growing like that nowadays 😢
We took some offsets from the first one a few weeks ago and planted up this broken pot on a terrace table.
There are three varieties there, including one which looks as if it’s covered with spiders webs.
You’ll see one flowering ... once that individual little plant had flowered it’ll die but all the little ones around it will grow bigger and fill the pot.
Thanks Obelixx &Fairygirl - I like the tip about tipping the planter in Winter! If I put them in a shallow planter with lots of grit I can always move them, but I've got a fairly sunny spot - so should be ok.
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Many of them are quite adaptable.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.alamy.com/common-houseleek-sempervivum-tectorum-on-house-roof-image157655713.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.