Data specific to Sempervivum (Edit)
Hybrid: Yes
Hybridizer: ED SKROCKI
Country of Origin: (US) United States
Year of registration: 1988
Origin of name: Spanish word for "party".
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
Smooth
Tufts
Water: Very low
Average
Does not like wet feet
Uses: Accent
Containers
Pests and Diseases: Pest resistant
Availability: Easy to find
Source: North Hills Nursery
Toxicity: Low risk
None
Possible skin irritant to some people

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: Kaleidoscope of leaf color changes through the year.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: It may be several years before it blooms
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Provides winter interest
Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds: Stratifying seeds may improve germination, but is not required
Needs specific temperature
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
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
  • Live-Forever

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Location: Zone 6 - New Jersey, USA
Date: Spring 2023

3/25/2011 PNW, zone 8 NHN
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 5/28/19
Rehomed from gg5 - thanks Greg!
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2014-05-25

4/12/2011 PNW, zone 8, new
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 15, 2013

1/29/2011 PNW, zone 8 NHN
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Feb 15, 2012
Location: zone 5
Date: 2012-03-15
Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2013-06-04
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 19, 2011

Date: 2015-07-09
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 29, 2012
Location: Salem, OR
Photo courtesy of Perennial Obsessions.
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jul 29, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 22, 2012

5/14/2011 PNW, zone 8
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Feb 15, 2012
Location: Doddridge Co. WV Zone 6a
Date: 6/17
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-06-19
Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2012-06-16
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-02-26
Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2013-06-15
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 5, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 18, 2012
Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2013-06-19
Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2013-05-30
Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Feb 15, 2012 5:09 PM concerning plant:
    I have now gone through a complete year of growing this wonderful, medium sized sempervivum.

    Once it established roots nothing seems to slow it down. Not drought or a very long cold and wet winter. We had as much as 6 inches of rain in one 24 hour period this last Jan. Not a speck of rot on this tough little semp.

    It will be interesting to see how it does this year on offset production. Last summer it seemed to produce 3 or 4 offsets per rosette.

    The color changes throughout the season is wonderful, from a solid green to solid red, and differing amounts of green/red combinations through the growing season. For my area it returns to solid green sometime in October.

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