Todays pick is a bit of an illusionist; for it seems bigger than it is. S. 'Titania' is a cultivar from the US, apparently created by Ed Skrocki in 1980. It is a very regal looking plant, with olive/gold leaves with burnt orange tips.
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Size wise, it fits into the medium group, being 6 - 10cm across. It always strikes me as bigger though, maybe because it stays in fairly small clumps. It is quite a fast grower, but tends to only produce 2 or 3 offsets on medium length stolons. These root a little way from the parent plant, giving a feeling of a cluster of individual plants instead of a more defined clump. The rosettes are a good structured neat shape and stay that way throughout their life.
Sadly its flowers let it down a bit, being a very pale pink on the end of thin unbranched stems. Flowers mid summer and have finished by August.
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If planted with very good drainage, it is fine over winter, but you do have to watch it doesn't sit in damp soil. Overall it is another one of my favourites.
The stats:
Size wise, it fits into the medium group, being 6 - 10cm across. It always strikes me as bigger though, maybe because it stays in fairly small clumps. It is quite a fast grower, but tends to only produce 2 or 3 offsets on medium length stolons. These root a little way from the parent plant, giving a feeling of a cluster of individual plants instead of a more defined clump. The rosettes are a good structured neat shape and stay that way throughout their life.
Sadly its flowers let it down a bit, being a very pale pink on the end of thin unbranched stems. Flowers mid summer and have finished by August.
The stats:
- Cultivar from US
- Size: medium, 6 - 10cm
- Summer Colour: olive/gold with burnt orange tips
- Rosette: Neat
- Offsets: Few, on medium length stolons
- Clump: Doesn't tend to clump, instead new plants settle a little way form the parent
- Flower: Pink on thin stalks
- Winter hardiness: Good, although does not like sitting in water.