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: 2011-10-19
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Aug 28, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-04-20
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 25, 2012
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-06-20
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 13, 2012

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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 25, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Aug 28, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Feb 6, 2012
Location: Salem, Oregon
Photo courtesy of Perennial Obsessions.
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Oct 22, 2012
Location: Salem, Oregon
Photo courtesy of Perennial Obsessions.
Location: Salem, Oregon
Photo courtesy of Perennial Obsessions.
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jul 26, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 4, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Nov 8, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Dec 31, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Mar 6, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 14, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jun 18, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 5, 2012
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 24, 2011 9:48 PM concerning plant:
    Jade is one of my favorite heuffelii. It is one of the few heuffelii that is green year round, so breaks up all the darker colors from the other heuffelii.
    It goes from an olive green in the winter to an outstanding jade green in the summer, thus the name Jade. : )
    This one can be a bit fussy when it comes to our rainy season (winter into spring), but with extra care in providing it fast draining soil in the raised bed and putting extra chicken grit around the base of it, it came through without too much damage.
    Slower to produce more rosettes, at least for me in my growing conditions.

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