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Sempervivums

automaticedautomaticed Posts: 9
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Hello, I have today for the first time planted sempervivums. I have mixed the compost with perlite because I know these plants like good drainage. 
I have included a picture to show you all. 🌱

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  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Three attractive varieties there automaticed ; if you want to propagate them , the offsets they form root very easily .
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Very nice, some  gravel on top will stop the soil being splashed onto the plants though.
  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    Is the top left Sir William Lawrence?

    I bought a few recently and that was one of them. 
  • automaticedautomaticed Posts: 9
    The varieties are Appletini, Cherry Cocktail and my favourite of all Golden Nugget. I will try to get some gravel to put on top of the soil. They are beautiful plants I love them!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I find mixing a bit of soil into grit/perlite works better than mixing a bit of grit/perlite into soil. At least 10mm of grit on top of the soil too. The climate is wet here though so they're more prone to rot problems. Keeping them under cover over the winter helps a lot.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • nav 544nav 544 Posts: 22
    That golden nugget is stunning, will be great to see them develop and grow into an established colony.
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    When we grow them in almost pure gravel, they do best.  The more soil you plant them in, the more likely they will be to grow very large, and to flower.  Once an individual plant flowers, it dies, however they will usually have grown some offsets first, so you shouldn't lose that variety.

    We find gravel, with a small amount of soil, is the best medium.  The gravel looks more attractive than perlite.
  • justandnobodyelsejustandnobodyelse Posts: 128
    KeenOnGreen said:
    When we grow them in almost pure gravel, they do best.  The more soil you plant them in, the more likely they will be to grow very large, and to flower.  Once an individual plant flowers, it dies, however they will usually have grown some offsets first, so you shouldn't lose that variety.

    We find gravel, with a small amount of soil, is the best medium.  The gravel looks more attractive than perlite.
    😬 It is my first year growing a few sempervivumses  of my own. I am a little worried about the thought of losing them already after flowering? Could someone please clarify what will die after flowering please? Sorry about the rather poor pictures.

    The top picture shows three different varieties all potted together. The flower stem on the right comes up from the top cluster. The flower stem on the left comes up from the left hand cluster. The variety on the right has not flowered. All three varieties have many  offsets, are they safe? Will the offsets need removing and repotting before the flowering sections die?


    This pot contains three plants of the same variety, one of which has flowered. So will I lose the flowering plant and the other two should survive?


    Thanks in in advance for any help. 
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    Yes,it is just the flowering rosette that dies.
    I have lost a couple in the past as they were single rosettes and I had no offsets  :(
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
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