Data specific to Sempervivum (Edit)
Hybrid: Yes
Hybridizer: Kayser & Seibert
Country of Origin: (DE) Germany
Year of registration: 1965
Soil type: Dry
Well draining
Loamy / Medium
Sandy / light
Other: The soil type will depend on what your weather conditions are like. Just make sure it drains well.
Water: Very low
Average
Does not like wet feet
Uses: Accent
Containers
Pests and Diseases: Pest resistant

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: It may be several years before it blooms
Uses: Provides winter interest
Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds: Stratifying seeds may improve germination, but is not required
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Hen and Chicks
  • Houseleek
  • Live-Forever
Also sold as:
  • Donna Rose
  • Donnarosa
  • Donnarrose

Photo Gallery

Date: May 26, 2005
Photo courtesy of Erwin Geiger, Semper-vivum.de, Nursery Sempervi

Photo courtesy of Erwin Geiger, Semper-vivum.de, Nursery Sempervi

Date: Apr 24, 2007
Photo courtesy of Erwin Geiger, Semper-vivum.de, Nursery Sempervi
Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Feb 14, 2016 7:14 PM concerning plant:
    There is a lot of confusion surrounding the naming of this sempervivum. S. 'Donar Rose' should look like the top photo, with tufting at the tip of the leaves and relatively long cilia along the leaf edges.


    S. 'Donarrose' is a smooth tectorum type of sempervivum. Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum tectorum 'Donarrose')


    Here is a link to a discussion on these two sempervivum. The thread "Donar Rose verses Donarrose" in Sempervivum forum

    You can see they are very different types of semps.
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