I'm not sure why they call one of my sempervivums 'Jet Stream' but it's a lovely plum colour with a silvery edging; and like the other sempervivums that I bought lately, it has little offspring growing at its base. As I mentioned in a previous post, this attribute is often referred to as 'hens and chicks'. The 'chicks can be easily detached and planted separately which is fortunate because I read that the 'hen' dies after flowering. Sempervivum 'Jet Spring' requires the same growing conditions as
sempervivum 'Lilac Time',
sempervivum 'Blood Tip' and
sempervivum 'Pekinese' which I mentioned in earlier posts. The label describes 'Jet Stream' thus:
Small, many leaved rosettes of dark purplish red with silver cilia. Cream flowers with pink tips (in summer). Well drained soil. Sun.
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| Sempervivum 'Jet Stream' |
The weather today has been dry and mild and after my trip to the local garden centre, where I bought more agricultural grit, and a
Hosta 'Brim Cup', I managed to plant up the Yorkshire Flowerpots terracotta pot that I bought at the RHS Garden Centre in Harlow Carr the other day when I bought my selection of sempervivums. See below. I think it's turned out very well. I planted them in ordinary garden soil mixed with plenty of grit and then surrounded them with a 1 inch layer of grit. Hopefully, that will supress the weeds and keep off slugs - not sure if slugs actually like these succulents but I'm taking no chances.
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| Yorkshire Flowerpots terracotta pot planted with various sempervivums |
