I'd also go for X Alworthia Black Gem. The colour varies enormously depending on exposure to sunlight, and how new the growth is (starts green then colours up); and the description of offsetting freely fits well.

ianstrutt wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:52 pm I'm assuming a cyphostemma and maybe euphorbia bupleurifolia peaking above the sheet of paper?

Correct on both counts, Ian. Cyphostemma juttae. The paper is the sheet with class details.

We had a very successful show, good weather, plenty of visitors, few sales plants left at the end.
I only have photos of some of the entries:
Few of these left by the close:

It's Sheffield Branch Annual Show over the first weekend in June, Saturday 3rd June 2023 (12:00 md to 5:00 pm) & Sunday 4th June 2023 (10:00 am to 4:00 pm). Venue: Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Dorothy Fox Centre Free admission to the Botanical Gardens and to the Show. Plant sales, of course, and...

Do you think it could be 'Meisterstuck', Ralph? That's he other white flowered cultivar that comes to mind.

Thanks, Paul

Essex probably gets as cold as Sheffield in winter, and the Potteries as wet as Sheffield, so I really must give this a go. Time to take some cuttings.

The outdoor life looks to be suiting it, good colouring on those leaves. I have ssp emarginatum, which is fine in an unheated greenhouse - also in flower now. ICN doesn't recognise emarginatum and rubromarginatum as valid subspecies. I haven't thought of trying it outdoors, but certainly looks as if...

I'd go for oxygona (which has priority over eyriesii and multiplex as far as naming goes, they're different names for the same plant).

Looks like you had it a bit colder than here, although we did hit -6C in December at least. Interesting that the December cold spell doesn't really stand out in that set of stats, except maybe duration of freezing conditions. I feel like it was by far the harshest period of weather this winter, bot...

Can't help with the Fero, but the first one looks to be Tacitus bellus rather than an Echeveria. The flowers should confirm (or refute).