Colourful plants, after winter.

[Liz M]

It's finally turned into a chilly spring and everything in and out of the greenhouse is waking up and growing and flowering. So, here are some of my more colourful plants

Hilderwintera aureispina

Echeveria halbingeri

Unknown Sempervivum

Aeonium decorum

peperomia graveolens

[Liz M]

Echeveria elegans

It has been outside all winter and has grown into a colourful and compact plant.

Echeveria prolifica

This, too, has been outside all winter but in shelter, during the mild spell in March I put it out on the patio and it took up this nice shade of pink.

Sempervivum(Jovibarba) heuffellii 'Greenstone'

At least ten years old and very slow growing.

Sedum rubrotinctum cuttings

This I put outside on a sheltered rack earlier this year and it turned bright red.

Cremnosedum 'Little Gem'

This has been on the same rack and over the last couple of months turned salmon pink

[FaeLLe]

LizM did you give the Echeveria Elegans any covering to keep it dry in winter? I have one planted in the ground (with the soil being heavily replaced around it with very gritty cactus mix and lot of quartz).

Wondering if I will need to cover it with a glass pot or something to keep it dry over winter.

[Liz M]

I kept it under a patio table. Fortunately it is quite a big one and I had a couple of dozen plants under it. The table is on a south facing patio and gets plenty of shelter from the house.

[juster]

Thanks Liz for sharing these, very enjoyable. It's always good to see our plants starting to grow again and the sun has given you some beautiful colours.

[Paul in Essex]

Don't they look lovely!

LizM did you give the Echeveria Elegans any covering to keep it dry in winter? I have one planted in the ground (with the soil being heavily replaced around it with very gritty cactus mix and lot of quartz).

Wondering if I will need to cover it with a glass pot or something to keep it dry over winter.

E. elegans is one I have been growing outside for over 20 years and never covered. I started with one plant and now have it all over the place - even in a tree. Dartford is not far from here - you should be fine.