Data specific to Sempervivum (Edit)
Hybrid: Yes
Hybridizer: Volkmar Schara
Country of Origin: (DE) Germany
Year of registration: 2011
Seed parent: S. 'Walpurge'
Pollen parent: n/a
Awards: GdS Semps of the Year: 2013 sharing Fourth Place

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: Walpurge x na

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Common names
  • Hen and Chicks
  • Houseleek
  • Live Forever
Also sold as:
  • 'SUPERSEMPS Onyx'

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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2019-11-21
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2022-06-10
Location: San Francisco, California
Date: 2023-07-15
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-11-18
Location: Western Washington
Location: Germany, Bavaria
Date: 2012-04-01
Photo courtesy of Beatrix Bodmeier, Bavaria/Germany
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: Zone 6 - New Jersey, USA
Date: Summer
Really superbig!
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2019-06-30
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2021-05-08

Date: 2015-07-13
Location: in the nursery of the hybridizer Volkmar Schara, Germany
Date: 2015-06-02
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2020-09-19
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2021-07-31
Location: San Francisco, California
Date: 2023-05-03
Leopold in the rain.
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Germany, Bavaria
Date: 2011-09-03
Photo courtesy of Beatrix Bodmeier, Bavaria/Germany

Date: 2015-05-24
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2021-06-10
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-05-25

Date: 2014-09-19

Date: 2015-05-25
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Sempervivum 'Leopold' by valleylynn Sep 16, 2013 5:15 PM 8

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