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
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

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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: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2021-07-31
Location: Seattle WA 
Date: 2016-07-11
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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-06-21
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2022-05-11
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-06-19
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Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jul 20, 2011
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-09-06
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 21, 2012
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2017-06-08
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-07-19
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jun 18, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2014-10-30
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-05-21
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Location: Washington
Date: 2016-06-12
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jul 26, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Sep 5, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Nov 8, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Apr 5, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Apr 27, 2011

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Location: Washington
Date: 2016-04-11
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Dec 31, 2010
Location: SE (Middle, TN zone 6a
Date: Mar 1, 2011
New plant this year
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Mar 6, 2011
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-05-07
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 24, 2011 9:25 PM concerning plant:
    Heuffelii 'Blaze' could not have received a more accurate name. Starting in the spring the colors start intensifying and continue through the summer, until they look like they are ablaze. It is really outstanding if they are back lit by the sun.
    This is another heuffelii that produces well and seems to hold up to all types of weather conditions. It has done very well in our extremely long, wet rainy season.
    I do incorporate chicken grit into the soil in the raised beds, that helps keep them well drained and helps prevent rot.
    Once established they are very drought tolerant.

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