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)
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
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
Parentage: Sibling to Xanthoheuff and Gold Bug

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Common names
  • Job's Beard
  • Beard of Jove
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Sempervivum heuffelii
  • Synonym: Jovibarba heuffelii

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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2017-05-18

Date: 2015-11-26
Photo by webesemps
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-07-22
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2017-03-25
Second attempt at growing this one.

Date: 2015-10-28
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-02-05

Date: 2016-03-13
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2017-03-06
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-04-05

Date: 2015-04-10
Photo by jkbingh
Photo by jkbingh
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-02
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-04-05
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-06-13

Date: 2015-09-22
Location: zone 5 Denver, CO
Date: 2012-04-20
New plant. Source: Mountain Crest Gardens

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2017-05-19
Photo by jkbingh
Location: zone5
Date: 2012-04-20
New plant
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jul 29, 2012
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-02-09
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What a beauty by valleylynn Apr 26, 2012 10:25 AM 1

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