S. minus - in general

Sempervivum minus is a plant that grows in northeastern Turkey between 600 – 2000 m above sea level.

The plant s still very rare in cultire. Even more: Erwin Geiger reports that most of the plants in culture under that name are wrongly named ... (So check your if you have one!).

Rosettes are from 1 to 3 cm in diamether and they make very limited number of chicks - they are well known for their slow spread.

Sempervivum cv. Minus has very pale, ALMOST white flowers and bronze winter colour - these two facts make it a very desirable plant.

S. minus, a very little sempervivum

very nice, chroma,this seems to be a great choice for troughs, where it will not quickly outgrow its space..

Yes, this plant grown very slowly ! :|

I have S. minus from the now defunct Sempervivum Society in Great Britain. I have had the plant for about 15 years and still only have 5 or 6 rosettes at any one time. The rosettes rarely exceed 1.5cms and the flowers are very pale, as described. My plant seems to have tighter, more numerously leaved rosettes than the plant in the picture but this is probably due to a different collection location and different culture. I leave my plants out all winter and they have survived many years of wet winters although I do ensure that the pots are raised on pebbles or similar to aid drainage. I am located in South East/South Midlands England.

Hello sueshells

Have you a picture ?

I have what I think is a different plant labeled S. arachnoideum 'minus' which forms absolutely tiny, closed rosettes, 4 - 7mm. I'm very fond of it but it rarely grows well. Does anyone know anything about the origin of this form? It's currently flowering and I'm trying to cross it with other small cultivars.

Will take a pic and try to work out how to get it on the site! (Not very adept at that sort of thing)

Since I wrote my original post (can't believe it is three years ago!) my plant has put on quite a lot of growth. I repotted it into a larger, deeper pot - still only a 9cm or 10cm square - and it has grown very well. I now have two pots of it and, if it ever stops raining here in the UK, I will nip out and take a photo of it. It is just sending up flowering shoots but the flowers haven't yet opened. I keep meaning to collect seed from it (which will be hybrids) to see what sort of plants it would produce. Perhaps this year I will remember

I have taken a couple of photos but can't work out how to upload them - can someone help, please? I've tried the links above the reply box but obviously haven't got it right!