Each spring I try to buy some new House Leeks, Sempervivum. This year though we couldn’t go out and choose some from nurseries due to “lockdown” so it was a case of ordering online. But it was exciting opening the packaging!
Here are some of my new acquisitions – enjoy! The beauty is in the detail.
The first two photos show selections planted out into two trugs, one wooden and one a traditional Sussex Trug.
One set I bought had tasty names all named after fruity items which also related to their colours.
Sempervivum ‘Berry Cherry’ Sempervivum ‘Cranberry Cocktail’
Sempervivum ‘Appletini’ Sempervivum ‘Cinnamon Starburst’
The others below are equally beautiful and interesting but came simply called mixed collection.
I will finish off with one more named variety which has lots of babies beginning to grow around its perimeter which will become useful cuttings later this summer.
Sempervivum ‘Big Cherry’
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