Thanks everyone for all youe help and advice. Inkadog - I hope I manage to get some cuttings, it is a beautiful plant, don't have a greenhouse just yet (but my birthdays coming up) so will all be indoors this year! Kate - Thanks fo the links, I will look into them, they look really pretty too. As i've just started out, All the flowers I have planted, all seem to flower at the same time, so I need to do a bit more research into what else to plant out, so the colour keeps coming throughout the year. I thought the succulents would keep it green at least instead of having lots of empty pots. I made my own large wooden planters this year (3 1/2 feet high, 4 feet wide and deep) I will be gutted when the first frost comes and everything dies off! Don't suppose you can become a gardener overnight, i'm sure it takes years of experience to get it right. Thanks again to everyone x
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These are very similar but hardy
http://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/features/structural/growing-sempervivums/1114.html
but the echeverias are tender
http://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/echeveria-elegans/3717.html
Thanks everyone for all youe help and advice. Inkadog - I hope I manage to get some cuttings, it is a beautiful plant, don't have a greenhouse just yet (but my birthdays coming up) so will all be indoors this year! Kate - Thanks fo the links, I will look into them, they look really pretty too. As i've just started out, All the flowers I have planted, all seem to flower at the same time, so I need to do a bit more research into what else to plant out, so the colour keeps coming throughout the year. I thought the succulents would keep it green at least instead of having lots of empty pots. I made my own large wooden planters this year (3 1/2 feet high, 4 feet wide and deep) I will be gutted when the first frost comes and everything dies off! Don't suppose you can become a gardener overnight, i'm sure it takes years of experience to get it right. Thanks again to everyone x
Hi, yes definitely aeonium and tender as has been said.
I just wanted to remove any confusion - Houseleeks are sempervivum, not aeonium. Sempervivum are hardy http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/sempervivum-succulents/houseleeks/2819.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dovefromabove