Hi, I'm just sempervivum crazy woman ... I have more than 1.200 diffrent plants and I+m looking for people to echange plants with. Interested? MAIL ME, PLEASE....
I don't think this has been mentioned here in a while. The CSSA Biennial Convention will be held in Seattle May 25-30. The speakers include Graham Charles, Joe...
I got a socotranum plant seven months before from Thailand. That is an original socotranum but grafted on obesum. I want to grow this as own rooted plants. I...
I've got a nice spot they can nap in - should I send you my address? Nice clumps! Did these all start from a single seed? DanD ... -- ~ DanD - www.djbits.com -...
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/travel/tmagazine/03well.socotra.t.html in the sunday magazine of the NYT this week, there was this interesting article...
So the other day I was transplanting my new Baby Toes, and as a few of the leaves fell off I was flinging them all over my yard...then it dawned on me. Will I...
I don't think you have much to fear about them rooting and taking over your yard. Under ideal conditions you might be able to propagate them if there is a bit ...
Those are VERY pretty! Are they types of lithops, or a different family, I wouldn't mind learning more about those beauties! I especially liked 3, 4, 11, 19,...
They are from the genus Conophytum - a close relative to Lithops. Both are belong to the Family *Aizoaceae*. Commonly they are referred to as Mesembs (after...
Hello DanD I asked the plants if they wanted to take their nap at some other place but they refused therefore I cannot go against their wishes !!! Thank you...
Hi KK, what is the status of your web site these days? Every once in a while I go to it to show someone your plants and fantastic photography. The last time I...
Thank you DanD for your comments. I thank that for your regular visits to my site. I had updated many of my pages with a little and better pictures. Forgot to...
Hi guys! I bought a moisture meter yesterday...it's like a meat thermometer, but used to guage moisture in your soil. Does anybody else use one of these and...
A lithops optica f rubra? I can only find it in online stores outside of the US, and don't want to risk it dying during shipping from overseas. Help!...
Does anybody know where I can get a cute t-shirt or something that says something about succulents? Something clever like "life is better when you're...
Hallo, *"Flower initiation: One of the surest ways to induce bloom in grafted Adeniums is to prune them hard: new growth will bear flowers, especially under...
Can somebody explain the difference between these two genuses for me? And which one do Hens & Chicks fall under? Or is Hens and Chicks some catch-all nickname...
And you left out Jovibarba, Orostachys, Graptopetalums and Rosularias! Hens and Chicks is a common name for a number of plants in the family Crassulaceae....
The majority of hen and chicks are Sempervivum, these are for the most part hardy to USDA zone 3 whereas Echeverias are tropical and will not grow in the...
... refers to babies, probably the ... Sempervivum translates as "always alive" or "forever alive". Jovibarba is "Jupiter's spear" and refers to the belief...
In reference to growing sempervivums et al. on roofs, follow this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_roof<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_roof> Also,...