Data specific to Sempervivum (Edit)
Hybridizer: Named by Alan C. Smith
Country of Origin: (GB) Great Britian
Year of registration: 1980
History of species or Cultivar: formally known as S. 'Brunneifolium' (dark form) or S. marmoreum f. brunneifolium No. 2 (Praeger) - renamed by Alan C. Smith (GB) 1980
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.
Water: Very low
Average
Does not like wet feet
Uses: Accent
Containers
Pests and Diseases: Pest resistant
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
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
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic
Parentage: Brunneifolium x na
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Hen and Chicks
  • Houseleek
  • Live-Forever
Also sold as:
  • 'Brunneifolium (Dark Form)'
  • 'Brunneifolium No. 2'

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Location: Germany, Bavaria
Date: 2012-08-29
Photo courtesy of Beatrix Bodmeier, Bavaria/Germany
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-08-21
Location: Germany, Bavaria
Date: 2013-07-23
Photo courtesy of Beatrix Bodmeier, Bavaria/Germany

Date: 2015-10-29
Location: Germany, Bavaria
Date: 2011-08-31
Photo courtesy of Beatrix Bodmeier, Bavaria/Germany

Date: 2015-09-13
Location: my garden zone 7b NC, USA
Date: 2013-08-19
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2014-05-17
Location: Doddridge Co. WV Zone 6a
Date: 6/17
Location: Denver, CO
Date: Oct 6, 2011
New plant. Source: Edelweiss Perennials
Photo by m1ll3r

Chocolate
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-08-09
Comments:
  • Posted by banker07 (Germany) on Sep 30, 2013 3:17 AM concerning plant:
    comment from Alan C. Smith
    (from "Sempervivums & Jovibarbas" 2. edition 1980)

    Brunneifolium (dark form) - We have re-named this form as only one clone is permissible to occupy a single Cultivar name. The new name we have chosen is 'Chocolate'.

    A very fine plant having slightly less compact rosettes than Brunneifolium with dark chocolate coloured rosettes. Mr. Hugh Miller verbally mentioned that he received this form from Praeger under S. marmoreum f. brunneifolium No. 2

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    addition from me:

    S. marmoreum 'Brunneifolium' = S. marmoreum f. brunneifolium - but this botanical name was never accepted by the botanists; so it was renamed like a cultivar;

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