Data specific to Sempervivum (Edit)
Hybrid: Yes
Hybridizer: Martin Haberer
Country of Origin: (DE) Germany
Year of registration: 1977
Other Details: arachnoideum
Size: Small 1/2" to 2 1/2"
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.
Foliage: Webbing
Other: Small round rosettes densely covered with fine webbing.
Water: Very low
Average
Does not like wet feet
Uses: Accent
Containers
Edging
Pests and Diseases: Pest resistant

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled 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 Color: Pink
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

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Location: Arenas Valley, NM My garden
Date: 2018-08-30
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Sep 26, 2012

5/7/2011 PNW, zone 8
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2012-04-28
zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2017-09-07
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-11-29
Covered in morning frost.
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2012-06-29
'Ali' in bloom
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 27, 2013

6/9/2011 PNW, zone 8 bloom stalks starting on rosette an offsets.
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Aug 28, 2012
Location: Salem, Oregon
Photo compliments of Perennial Obsessions.
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 3, 2012
Location: my garden zone 7b NC, USA
Date: 2013-09-02

6-11-10 Upper Midwest Zone 4

6-26-10 Upper Midwest Zone 4
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2011-08-03
Ali in it's full glory of bloom. For such a tiny semp it really c
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jan 19, 2013
Webbing in January

5-5-10 Upper Midwest Zone 4

9/16/2010 PNW zone 8 after a long drought

11/62010 PNW zone 8

12/31/2010 PNW zone 8

3/12/2011 PNW zone 8

3/25/2011 PNW, zone 8
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2017-05-27

4/6/2011 PNW, zone 8

7/3/2011 PNW, zone 8, new plant
Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 21, 2011 9:32 PM concerning plant:
    S. 'Ali' is one of my favorite arach. type semps. Nothing seems to bother it, not our rainy season or our 2 months of drought. It forms wonderful colonies of small (up to 2" across) web covered rosettes. It is also a prolific producer of offsets.
    When it blooms it forms beautiful clusters of bright pink flowers that the bees find very attractive.
  • Posted by goldfinch4 (Ripon, Wisconsin) on Sep 24, 2011 12:56 PM concerning plant:
    Fast grower, produces lots of chicks.
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 2, 2011 4:42 PM concerning plant:
    S. 'Ali' was given to me in a trade spring of last year (2010). I have now taken it through a very wet winter/spring, which was a record breaker for us. Ali had no problems with the the extended heavy rain. No rot and it didn't even slow it down in the production of many offsets. I consider this a very tough little semp.
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