Yesterday I detailed my week of neglect of the greenhouse plants, today it's the neglect of the succulents which spent that week in the garage to keep from getting soaked by the greenhouse irrigation. I'll start with 'Neon Breakers' which grew a stalk during my absence.
Next is a new acquisition, Echeveria agavoides 'Ebony,' which I got during our travels at the Menard's in Scottsbluff, NE. I don't need to be purchasing more succulents, but this is my first agavoides. When it gets a little more sun, it should have very dark leaf edges and tips. This snapshot shows just a hint of that.
Here is a Sempervivum I barely recognize. It is from the Plants for Pets order, an unknown variety that I refer to as #3. Last winter it was all green and didn't have the runners, offsets, or whatever you want to call them.
I moved all of the cold-hardy succulents and some of the tender ones back to the greenhouse today. I envision the bench area and the shelves above it being the succulent area until I follow through on my idea of transforming the southwest planting bed, currently in onions, into a succulent garden. Here's a glimpse. The cold-hardy plants are to the right and the others are to the left. Cold-hardy sedums are in the two baskets and in one of the four-inch pots on the middle shelf. Most of the stuff on the bench except the four big pots around the toolbox (two Semps, two Delosperma) will be moved elsewhere, so maybe there is enough room for everything. There's still a lot to move and most of it may wait until the weekend cold snap passes.
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