An update on the Semps

Just under two weeks ago I received a large order of new plants: a few sedums and two dozen sempervivum species and hybrids. I potted them up right away and put them on my growing table indoors under lights. They were shipped bare root and were a little dehydrated, but it didn't take them long for them to wake up after potting.

Although each of these varieties of "hen and chicks" are nice plants on their own, when viewed together their differences in colors and textures are really enhanced.

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They're all fattening up, changing colors somewhat, opening, and growing:

One variety is even putting out some "chicks" already:

Sempervivum 'Aross'

But all is not perfect here. Although most of the plants including those that didn't have any roots yet are doing well, a few of them have died:

I assume that rot killed these, but I don't know what was different about these few that didn't make it while all of the others are thriving. Perhaps they were damaged -- crushed  or bruised. I don't think I watered them too much because I'm waiting until they dry out before giving them more water. Sempervivum, like most succulents, need well-drained soil -- sitting in wet soil for too long makes them very unhappy and probably dead.

Luckily these plants spread pretty quickly, so the loss of a single offset when there are others still alive doesn't matter too much. Before too long I won't even notice that these offsets are gone.

Sometime in the next 2-4 weeks I'll be moving these outside and probably transplanting them to larger pots, as some of them are almost out of room already. Plants like these that spread quickly and are difficult to kill are my favorites!
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