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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
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

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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: 2018-08-02
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2016-05-29
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2018-05-30
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-07-27
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-06-21
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jul 3, 2011
New plant this year
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2017-08-25
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-16
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 8, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2015-09-14
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-05-27

Date: Sep 13, 2011
Photo courtesy of Erwin Geiger, Semper-vivum.de, Nursery Sempervi

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 5, 2012
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-25
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-08-21
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