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Grown under cover it produced large, loose, grey rosettes that blushed red strongly in the spring. Growth outside was much greener and tighter.
A seedling of S. erythraeum raised by Ed Skrocki in the USA and introduced in 1976. I was given two rosettes of the cultivar and I am not convinced they are the same thing. Horst Diehm says: "unusual color, gray-purple" It may be that there are two cultivars circulating with the same name, Erwin Geiger is quoted on Sempervivum List: "A British variety with a unique shape. The tips of the old pink to purple leaves are elongated. The surface of the rosettes is velvety. A classic!" Mountain Crest Gardens say: "A gorgeous pink to lavender rosette that flushes burgundy in winter. This large, velvety cultivar was hybridized in 1976 from S. marmoreum 'Erythraeum' and passed trials by the Sempervivum Society to earn the Silver Rosette Award in 1978. |
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