the large plant in my sink, in flower, is an echeveria (as is the purply one in the foreground). It will need to be brought under cover for the winter (I lift mine and keep it in the cold greenhouse during the cold months). I also have them growing in balconnieres in my place in southern France - they manage with virtually no water through the summer, but again are brought under cover for the winter as they can't stand the wet (you will see they are surrounded by gravel to keep the leaves off the soil). Treated right they produce many offspring around the original rosette and can get quite big. The flowers on mine are a salmony pink.
i reckon Echeveria too. GG I have the same three as you have in that lovely container. I've never been able to identify the full variety of the large one, the pinky purple one at the front is variety Duchess of Nuremberg the twisty silvery one in the middle is variety Topsy Turvy. It's true the aren't frost hardy but I enjoy growing them. Quite easy to root and grow on any offshoots. My only gripe is vine weevils seem to have a special liking for them, little devils!
Eceiveria has an upright habit in the picture above and all the varieties have a similar habit. The picture CharleyD has posted shows a flatter plant, which is the habit of the sempervivum tectorum.
Thank you for reminding me of the name of the Duchess, Bilje - I had quite forgotten it. It doesn't seem to multiply very quickly, nor does Topsy Turvey (which I leave outside in France, but bring in in England - but it came from the Eden project, and I love it's "inside-out" habit).
I'm not usually into detailed names, I just need to know that on the whole the houseleeks are happy outdoors and love the wet weather, while the echeverias definitely don't like the cold and the wet. They live in my cold greenhouse quite happily through the winter.
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Echiveria is generally a houseplant, not very hardy at all. I'd say Dave is on the button.
the large plant in my sink, in flower, is an echeveria (as is the purply one in the foreground). It will need to be brought under cover for the winter (I lift mine and keep it in the cold greenhouse during the cold months). I also have them growing in balconnieres in my place in southern France - they manage with virtually no water through the summer, but again are brought under cover for the winter as they can't stand the wet (you will see they are surrounded by gravel to keep the leaves off the soil). Treated right they produce many offspring around the original rosette and can get quite big. The flowers on mine are a salmony pink.
i reckon Echeveria too. GG I have the same three as you have in that lovely container. I've never been able to identify the full variety of the large one, the pinky purple one at the front is variety Duchess of Nuremberg the twisty silvery one in the middle is variety Topsy Turvy. It's true the aren't frost hardy but I enjoy growing them. Quite easy to root and grow on any offshoots. My only gripe is vine weevils seem to have a special liking for them, little devils!
Eceiveria has an upright habit in the picture above and all the varieties have a similar habit. The picture CharleyD has posted shows a flatter plant, which is the habit of the sempervivum tectorum.
Thank you for reminding me of the name of the Duchess, Bilje - I had quite forgotten it. It doesn't seem to multiply very quickly, nor does Topsy Turvey (which I leave outside in France, but bring in in England - but it came from the Eden project, and I love it's "inside-out" habit).
I'm not usually into detailed names, I just need to know that on the whole the houseleeks are happy outdoors and love the wet weather, while the echeverias definitely don't like the cold and the wet. They live in my cold greenhouse quite happily through the winter.