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 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: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-06-21
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-08-16
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Date: 2022-09-11
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 14, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Nov 4, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jul 5, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jun 18, 2011
Location: Fairfax, VA | September, 2023
Date: 2023-09-12
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-10-06
Weird leaves in the center.
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-01-18
Location: zone 5 
Date: 2012-03-01
New plant. Source: Mountain Crest Gardens
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-12
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Location: Fairfax, VA | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-06
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Apr 5, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 14, 2011
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Date: 2022-09-23
Location: Fairfax, VA | September, 2023
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 2, 2011
Location: Zone 4 Upper Midwest
Date: Jul 23, 2011
Location: Colleyville, Texas zone 8a
Date: Apr 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jun 7, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-06-20
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 4, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Dec 13, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Mar 6, 2011
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-07-07
Location: January, 2024
Date: 2024-01-27
Location: Wake Forest, NC
Date: 2017-06-10

Date: 2014-05-26
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 2, 2011

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-08-02
Location: Parker, CO
Date: 4/6/2013
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 11, 2010
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-28
Uploaded by HollyAnnS
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-16
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Nov 30, 2013 4:04 PM concerning plant:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 24, 2011 10:14 PM concerning plant:
    Purple Haze should have been named Chameleon. The photos say it all, just look at the color changes this heuffelii goes through.
    A beautiful heuffelii that produces rosettes of beautiful color and form.
    It does very well here in the Pacific Northwest. I wouldn't be without this beauty.
    A must have for anyone wanting to grow heuffelii.
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