You will find here descriptions of stations of wild living houseleeks, some aspects of the phenomenon Sempervivum and some hints concerning cultivation of houseleeks, and more ... (e.g. a lot of photographies).
 

	"They have eternal life" - tips for good houseleek-cultivation	contents lot of photographies - suited for beginners - text in German, but the photos and the Nomenclature give some hints for not-german-speakers ...
	Aadaptions concerning extreme conditions	* A poem leads us through the lots of adaptions houseleeks have - summary of this adaptions und impulses  for further questions - even for semp-specialists - in the moment only in German
	Houseleeks of the suebian Jura near Balingen	Summary, only in German, but many photographies
	Sempervivum-cultivation - a modern hobby with a long past) - a historic review which leads as into recent time	whole text in english
	The "Belchen-Houseleek" - Sempervivum arachnoideum var. arachnoideum at the  Belchen mountain, Schwarzwald (blackwood forest), Germany	What's new?: photography of the flower! An english translation will occur - be patient ...
	Sempervivum tectorum subsp. tectorum var. lamottei (or var. tectorum) at the castle Schalksburg, Suebian Jura, near Balingen, Germany	What's new? Superb Photos of the flowers and of a blooming plant, only in German
	Sempervivum x calcaratum or S. 'Rotsandsteinriese' at the Schalksburg, Suebian Jura, near Balingen, Germany	Already under construction, but have a look: First hints and a spectrum of theories are now available! Please help me to research! Only in German.
	Sempervivum globiferum subsp. globiferum (former "Jovibarba sobolifera") at the Lochen-mountain, Suebian Jura near Balingen, Germany	In German, introductional page with informal photos and short informations that leads by link to the extensive treaty of mine in "Sempervivophilia" - photo of a flowering Jovibarba of the Lochen!
	Links: Sempervivum globiferum subsp. globiferum (former "Jovibarba sobolifera") at the Lochen-mountain, Suebian Jura near Balingen, Germany	What's new? Photography of a flowering S. globiferum subsp. globiferum at the Lochen, discussion of a probable naturalization and it's date, ....then the link to the substantal pages at "Sempervivophilia"
	Sempervivophilia with Nomenklatural-Explorer from Gérard Dumont	The up-to-date-Nomenclature of the genus Sempervivum, presented by Gérard Dumont. Strictly recommended! Have a look! - Here you are leaving my Homepage and go to "Sempervivophilia", made by Gérard Dumont. To come back to this page, don't click home there, but the "back-button", at the left, above... whole text in english
	Sempervivophilia with Sempervivograph from Gérard Dumont, there are photos of  G. Dumont, mainly taken in situ (at the natural station)!	In-Situ-photos of houseleeks! - Here you are leaving my Homepage and go to "Sempervivophilia", made by Gérard Dumont. To come back to this page, don't click home there, but the "back-button", at the left, above... whole text in english
	Sempervivum pittonii in Kraubath from Gérard Dumont, in Sempervivophilia	The endemic Serpentine-Houseleek is the theme here!  - Here you are leaving my Homepage and go to "Sempervivophilia", made by Gérard Dumont. To come back to this page, don't click home there, but the "back-button", at the left, above... whole text in english
	"Sempervivophilia" from Gérard Dumont, Frankreich	dto., many texts in english, please help to translate he remaining ones  Nomenklatur-Explorer
	"Sempervivum" from Erwin Geiger, Deutschland	German
	"List of Cultivars" from Martin Miklanek, Slowakei	English
	"Sempervivum" from Horst Diehm, Deutschland	German
	Homepage of Sally and Howard Wills, Great Britain	whole text in english

 
 

Few words to the photographies: Don't be sad, if your houseleeks are not as bright as shown by the photos you see here in this page, I too not have resristed to make the photos a lttle bit more beautiful while manipulating the luminosity and the contrast like other webmasters, even though I didn't overdo, I hope. Additionally Sempervivum are at the beginning of spring and during spring mostly more beautiful than in the other seasons - and of course this is the time, when I make most of the photos of them... The amount of feeding (better not feeding with N) and further reasons of natural or man-made influence manipulate the intensity of colour of this plants, so in-situ-photographies (photos of plants in the wild) are others than photos of cultivated plants, even if it is the same clone...

All photos are from the author, if there is an exception it is written in the legend of the photo. The use of this photos is allowed for botanical or private purposes, if there is made a hint to the photograph and this page by presentation or publishing..

A few words to the precise informations for the stations: Botanic should not be a secret science for academicals with titles, and there should not be privileges nor bulkhead off, which is often linked with arrogance and élitist thinking and behaviour. The last not inevitable protects from damaging behaviour, and at the "common" folks there you can find certainly sensity and behaviour for preserving nature too (or sometimes more?). I hope for the common sence and understanding, which is settled everywhere, you don't have for that matura or titles...
Of course information, explanation and clearing up is useful for that, so ... here you have one of the reasons why I made this pages... Of course laws and regulations for protection are to heed, and, much morer important, it is necessary that we be responsible in our behaviour and protect nature, this means too not to make photos "for every price" and to be led by the big aim: To preserve the treasures of the nature for the following generations...

If there is not given any information how to find the stations, a widespread and often copied behaviour, which just as often seems to be not reflected and mostly not is necessary (apart from the fact that there are reasons for exceptions sometimes) then there is not raising inevitable better protection in this cases. And one example to show that there is scientific damage too, occuring from this unreflected praxis: The Lochen-Houseleeks are given in a baden-württembergian documentation with the quotation of the altitude of the Lochen-summit, but ... they don't grow there! And this at station where you can adore and photographe some rosettes from the normal route, if you know where to look and how they look like, and this is of course without of any damage. Why then not give precise information about the station and enable admiring contemplation? Admiring and sympathie and sensitivity and knowledge is not the worsest ;-)

Lots of damages occur by ignorance and would be avoided, if there is convincable information...

Besides you only protect what you know and recognize, and you only consider worth to protect that, what you obtain and to where you have found a connection or what you have considered to find amazing.

See to this topic too Gèrard Domont's preamble for the description of stations...

The nomenclature which is made use here takes the version Gérard Domunt shows in his Nomenclatuare Explorator, it is the best I know...