I got a nice big split rock that will soon be blooming, a echeveria Black Knight, I think and a euphorbia...name unknown. I really didn't think I'd come home with three new plants. :)

That Echeveria will grow twice as fast if you can find a good place for it in the ground. I have a big one that I grew in a pot, took 3 years to get it to size. I have another one that I stuck in the ground about 4 months ago and it's already catching up to the old one in size.

The Echeveria was so large and healthy looking. Do people put them in the ground for the summer and then pot it up in the fall? I have a wonderful SW facing spot at our place in Vermont where hens and chicks grow and flower like crazy. Everything grows to Jurassic Park proportions up there. The soil is amazing.

In the meantime, should I just pot up all three in gritty mix? Of course I'll wait for the SR to finish blooming before repotting.

Also agree with the Euphorbia. Sometimes it is a bit difficult to know because they can appear different depending on clonal variation. To this point:

Here are three E. capsaintemariensis. The one on the left was purchased a very long time ago from ISI. The larger one was purchased only a few years ago and the smaller one in the foreground is a seedling crossed between the other plants in the picture. It is about three years old.

Both of these are the same species, purchased at the same time and grown under the same conditions but have very different growing forms. Notice one plant has very large leaves as compared to the other and grows in a dense canopy as compared to the other.

Then there are two variations of E. decaryi both with curly edged leaves much like the above plants and with different growing habits; one being more upright while the other more prostrate as well as different leaf sizes. The plant on the right is a two year old cutting. These don't form caudices as do the others. They grow from underground rhizomes.

You have some nice plants and I'm certain you will enjoy them. TFS.

Howard