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 Color: Other: pale yellow
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
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
Also sold as:
  • Minutum

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-06-23
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2018-02-21
Location: Seattle WA 
Date: 2016-09-08
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Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-06-13
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Dec 16, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 2, 2012
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-05-21
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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-04-02
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-06-04
Photo by Debbie

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Date: Jun 9, 2005
Photo courtesy of Erwin Geiger, Semper-vivum.de, Nursery Sempervi
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-08-02
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2018-03-30
Location: Seattle WA 
Date: 2018-01-14
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Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Aug 8, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 8, 2011
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-01
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 8, 2011
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-08
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-16
Semi-double flower.

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Mar 23, 2012 3:09 PM concerning plant:
    This heuffelii goes from one end of the spectrum to the other in color. From a beautiful soft jade green to a deep chocolate/purple with the leaves edged in green.

    A beautiful Jovibarba heuffelii.
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Nice! by goldfinch4 Jun 24, 2015 9:02 AM 1

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