Data specific to Sempervivum (Edit)
Size: Medium 2 1/2" to 4"

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
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
Other: Reproduce in a sessile fashion (new offsets between older leaves) without a stolon and must be divided through the root and crown, leaving a rosette with each division.
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic
Parentage: Giuseppi Spiny x unknown
Child plants: one child plant

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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: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-07-13
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jul 5, 2010
Starting into drought conditions.
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 7, 2011
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-09-18
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-07-22
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 24, 2019
Torrid Zone gets brilliant red in late July through August
Uploaded by AntMan01
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-09-06
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2017-08-25
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Dec 31, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jun 18, 2011

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jul 13, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jul 29, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 3, 2010
Photo courtesy of Cynda Foster, Perennial Obsessions

Date: May 29, 2010
Photo courtesy of Erwin Geiger, Semper-vivum.de, Nursery Sempervi

Date: Jun 20, 2010
Photo courtesy of Erwin Geiger, Semper-vivum.de, Nursery Sempervi
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 11, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 11,2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Sep 5, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Sep 16, 2010
Rains have started.
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jul 21, 2010
Drought conditions.
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Nov 4, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Mar 6, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Apr 11, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Apr 27, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 16, 2011
Uploaded by atenkley
Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-03-15
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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So pretty! by plantladylin Oct 9, 2011 6:16 PM 1
Beard of Jove (Jovibarba heuffelii 'Torrid Zone') color changes by CDsSister Jul 24, 2012 8:48 PM 11

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