Data specific to Sempervivum (Edit)
Hybrid: Yes
Hybridizer: Truls Jensen and Emma Elliott (Wild Ginger Farm)
Country of Origin: (US) United States
Year of registration: ?
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
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
Suitable for miniature gardens
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

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Common names
  • Hen and Chicks
  • Houseleek
Also sold as:
  • arachnoideum 'Spumanti'

Photo Gallery
Location: Arenas Valley, NM My garden
Date: 2018-08-30
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2016-06-13
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-26
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-04-05
Location: Kalama, wa
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-08-14
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-16
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2011-05-29
Photo courtesy of Truls Jensen and Emma Elliott of Wild Ginger Fa
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2016-01-10
Location: Dallas, Oregon 
Date: Jan 30, 2016
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-08-22
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-04-27
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2013-03-06
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2020-02-16
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 25, 2013
New plant for me
Location: Salem, Oregon
Photo compliments of Perennial Obsessions.
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-05-12
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-04
Location: Kalama, wa
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-03-08
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-06-28
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon

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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Feb 5, 2016 5:52 PM concerning plant:
    A comment by Truls Jensen:

    Rosa Spumanti and Spumanti are siblings but individual cultivars. Spumanti was a volunteer seedling that was profusely netted and that produced many small offsets so that when grown in a container it appears to be foaming over, hence the name Spumanti (foam or sparkling in Italian). Rosa Spumanti is similar except the rosettes are slightly larger and blushed with red and not quite as 'sparkly'.

    I'll take a look at the chapter this evening.

    Truls
    Wild Ginger Farm
    24000 Schuebel School Rd
    Beavercreek, OR 97004
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Sempervivum arachniodeum 'Spumanti' by valleylynn Feb 28, 2013 8:43 AM 1
thanks by webesemps Oct 21, 2013 8:28 AM 1

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