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Is my hen-and-chick about to bloom?

19 years ago

This is probably a "Duh!" question but I'm fairly new to hen and chicks and I'm very curious on what one variety is doing. This spring, I decided to try a rock garden (right now, It's rather rock-less) and grow several varieties of hen and chicks.

I took some pictures of this one because I don't understand what it's doing. Is it blooming? I wasn't aware that they'd bloom so soon.

I have a picture of what it looked like back on March 26th (The one on the right.).

Any information is appreciated.

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Comments (5)

abgardeneer
19 years ago
Yes, it's about to bloom.
dragonstone
Original Author
19 years ago
You were right. Flowers are starting to open. It's pretty nifty.
dusty_rose_lag2004
19 years ago
I just found your post today, after coming home with my
first hen-and-chick purchase. I'm so glad you posted some
pictures, so I will know when mine is ready to bloom! It
isn't ready yet! Your rock garden is really neat!
kim31kim
19 years ago
Do you have any pictures now that the blooms are more mature? I bet they are beautiful!
dragonstone
Original Author
19 years ago
Yes, I took some more.
http://www.geocities.com/dragontrinket/hennchicks/index.html

Currently, there are no flowers. They're all dead and forming seed pods. I haven't been able to collect any yet.

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