There are a lot of sempervivum cultivars with fun names. One breeder of new sempervivum plant cultivars, Betty Bronow, was a big fan of the Lord of the Rings. She named a bunch of the varieties she created after characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's books.

• Boromir
• Eomer
• Eowyn
• Faramir
• Frodo
• Gollum
• Legolas
• Meriadoc
• Pippin
• Samwise
• Strider
• Theoden
• Treebeard

Betty Bronow lived from 1918-1997 in the US. Most of her sempervivum varieties were created in the 70's and 80's. All of her varieties that I have seen are amazing. If you find a variety bred by Betty Bronow, get it and it will probably become one of your favorites.

I thought it would be fun to make a Lord of the Rings succulent planter (geeky, I know). I used 3 varieties of succulents: Faramir Sempervivum, Legolas Sempervivum, and Hobbit Crassula plant. Although, I think it would have looked good with any succulent plants. It is planted up in a ceramic teacup planter with a ceramic bird accent.