General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Spread: unknown
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
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
Rabbit Resistant
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
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Rollers
  • Roller
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Sempervivum globiferum subsp. hirtum
  • Synonym: Jovibarba globifera subsp. hirta
Also sold as:
  • 'White Night'

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Location: March 2023 | Fairfax VA
Location: DC, Virginia | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-27
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-16
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-12
Location: March 2023 | Fairfax VA
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-05-13
White Knight chicks in SICU after hen rotted.
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Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Date: 2022-09-11
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-05-15
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Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
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Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-07-01

Date: Aug 6, 1010
Photo courtesy of Erwin Geiger, Semper-vivum.de, Nursery Sempervi
Location: Fairfax, VA | September, 2023
Date: 2023-10-15

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: March 2023 | Fairfax VA
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-16
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