Very nice!

.... and if you want hardiness stick with the straight sempervivums. However, having been up here north of the border over 7+ years I've struggled to grow the hardiest of houseleeks. Even in my free-draining rockery these rot off with the soggy Scottish winters we delight in just north of Glasgow. ...

Excellent, Ralph - one of my favorite genera.

Very nice, Eric, more flowers than on mine!

Very smart, Nic.
Look forward to seeing it again in further months/years.
Good luck!

Well done, Paul! 41 is pretty good, considering where you live.
If only I was a little closer.

Ahead of all of mine!

BCMdV = Bates, Carr, Marshall & de Vries
so you could ask John Carr?

Philip, I first acquired this plant from Ernst Specks (Exotica) in Germany in March 2010, labelled as X Gasteraloe 'Flo' This was the first time I had seen it and that is the name I use. More commonly in recent years it is often seen as 'Flow' which I disregard. Several comments have appeared on the...

And a video of the first day of the conference, including the plant exhibition and a visit of the Longhai C&S Botanical Garden, can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0pKMqcuyxw Thanks, Detlev, a very interesting video - thanks for sharing. I found time to watch it whilst eating lu...