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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 ha

Grow bag planters are another great option for succulent plants. The hanging grow bags available at Young's Garden give you another great option for vertical planting. These vertical bags are easy to hang and use with succulents. Here are a few ideas of how they could be used around your house to decorate with succulents: On porch and patio postsAlong the fenceOn the mailbox postHanging from the deckBordering a DoorHanging down from the balconyGrow bags are easy to plant up with sempervivum, se

Here's a fun project that I did with succulent plants recently: a purse topiary. Take a moss covered purse form and plant it up with succulents. It was easy to make, fun to let the imagination run wild, and turned out looking pretty exciting.I did this with a friend, which was a lot of fun. Each of our succulent topiary purses ended up looking completely different. Planting these would be a blast as a group project or at a party. Here's the step-by-step. It's going to be very similar to any othe