I've had this for about 3 years and this is the first time I've had flowers on it. Sempervivum. Is the flowering not annual or more if the conditions are right?
They are. I knew several very old cottages with ‘cat-slide roofs’ that had clumps of ‘houseleeks’ growing on the roof ... said to protect against lightning strike.
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Yours are really nice Bijdezee, are they a particular variety? The look larger and pinker than the ones we have. Is yours one of the "cobweb" hairy centred ones?
The smaller ones grow quite quickly to flowering size. Ours are in very poor free draining soil in small terracotta pan (shallow) type pots. 15 to 20 cm diameter size. Just stuff some smaller ones in some gritty soil, they pretty much take care of themselves. I think the proper way to do it is let the bases dry out a little? I repot ours in the summer after flowers so think the warmer weather is enough not to rot them, and they seem to root happily without any fuss.
I mix the sizes and give them room to grow, that way you get a couple of pots with some always in flower and growing on.
I pull the old ones out once flowered, they tend to shrivel up anyway, and spread the nearby ones about a bit.
@Rubytoo. I don't know the exact variety sadly, they were just labelled Sempervivum, they're not the arachnid ones though, I know that because there's no spiders webbing.
I will need to fish out the non flowering bits after they're finished in order to start again.
I keep them out of the rain as much as possible and tip to pots to help drainage.
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The look larger and pinker than the ones we have.
Is yours one of the "cobweb" hairy centred ones?
The smaller ones grow quite quickly to flowering size. Ours are in very poor free draining soil in small terracotta pan (shallow) type pots. 15 to 20 cm diameter size.
Just stuff some smaller ones in some gritty soil, they pretty much take care of themselves.
I think the proper way to do it is let the bases dry out a little?
I repot ours in the summer after flowers so think the warmer weather is enough not to rot them, and they seem to root happily without any fuss.
I mix the sizes and give them room to grow, that way you get a couple of pots with some always in flower and growing on.
I pull the old ones out once flowered, they tend to shrivel up anyway, and spread the nearby ones about a bit.
I will need to fish out the non flowering bits after they're finished in order to start again.
I keep them out of the rain as much as possible and tip to pots to help drainage.
Bijdezee not a problem I just could not quite see, they are nice and redder than ours, and it looked white or fluffy in the centre