Hello from Argentina

Well, I don´t know if I´m writting in the correct place. If not, please move my post!
Mi name is Sonia, but I used to be called Sonja in high school, so now I use that name for nicks, signatures and so on ...
I live in Bariloche, in the Patagonia Argentina.
I´ve been collecting succulent plants for over 30 years, since I was a kid. Many of them were raised from seeds I bought outside my Country, because at first it was difficult to find those plants around here.

Here is a little peek into my greenhouse



And some of my beloved Echeveria plants inside the house



Well, I´ve always had some Sempervivum plants around. Some inside, some outside. And it was lately I discovered hoy many there are! and they can live outside here (we have lots of snow and cold in winter, the other plants can´t)
So I started looking for some information about how to take care of them, and that´s why I arrived here.
I don´t know yet how to recognize different species, buy I hope to learn.
I´m growing two diferent mix of seeds



And I also asked a friend to send me some plants in exchange, here they are:



And this is one of my five cats, Katia, enjoying the box



I´m still wondering if they can all live in the ground outside, or in pots. I´ll keep reading to learn about them!

Greetings to all of you,
Sonja

Sonja, as I've heard from one of my Sempervivum friends from Argentina (I send her some semps few weeks ago!) you have a real heath vawe sat the time with temperatures close to 40 degrees... I envy you!



I must admit I also envy you you succulent collection - so neatly organized! You reall take a good care of it! I started years ago collecting cacti and other succulents but later on become more and more adicted to Sempervivums. Since I do not have agreenhouse I have to take my intire non-hardy succulent collection inside every winter. This is becoming harder and harder as the plants grow ...

I love your last photo of a succulent name Catus domesticus , too. I have six of those of my own and with cats ruling my house there is never a single bored minute!



As for the winter - Sempervivums are capable of witstanding down to minus 23 degrees Celsius under snow - at least that is the lowest temperatures mine survived (planted on my parent's grave!). it's not the low temperatures that kill tzhem but the excessive water! Rain in winter is a problem, snow and low temperatures are not.

For example - my houseleeks in summer...


and in winter. There is only 20 cm snow in Pilsen now.