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Large green cobwebby rosettes that stand shoulder to shoulder. There is something heroic about them, like the Spartans defending the pass in the battle of Thermopylae.
Unfortunately when it went outside it lost a lot of its bravado and became rather ordinary. Perhaps the surviving Spartans, when they went home, stopped rippling their muscles and oiling their bodies
and settled in a comfy chair with the daily news and their fluffy slippers. On which subject the internet is peculiarly silent. A seedling from 'Baby Boo' raised by Volkmar Schara and introduced in 2004. Schara says: "Small, heavily spun rosettes with an almost completely white effect. A well-sprouting descendant of S. arachnoideum 'Baby Boo'. The rosettes reach a maximum diameter of 2.5 cm and form dense cushions. The evenly coloured baby pink flowers, which have a diameter of 2.5 cm and appear willing, are particularly beautiful! A cute little arachnoideum type that is still missing from the range! Was quickly sold out at the exhibitions in 2004! Very few rosettes!" Craigiehall Nursery says: "Another variety that is so well named, it would be easy to imagine little Semp rosettes having their hair washed! Intensely silver-haired in summer from the deep cobwebbing. Small rosettes but grows well to make tight cushions. Wonderful pink flowers too - superb! Most of the S. arachnoideum (cobweb types, which this is) take on red tones as new growth starts in spring - 'Shampoo' doesn't, she stays silver over the palest of green bases. When I look down the bench full of all our different varieties, Shampoo in early April is one which stands out the most - it's not red, it's not green, it's silver! Highly recommended." |
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| 7th November 2008 | ||
