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
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: 2019-03-15
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2019-04-29
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: June 18, 2011
Location: Zone 5
Date: 2012-05-10
Source: SMG
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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 16, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-06-19
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Aug 8, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 8, 2011

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 18, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Apr 11, 2013

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
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Location: Salem, Oregon
Photo courtesy of Perennial Obsessions.
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Sep 13, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Sep 28, 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Nov 4, 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: Apr 5, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 14, 2011
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 9, 2011 4:53 PM concerning plant:
    This is one of my favorite heuffelii. It goes through an amazing transformation in coloration. From a beautiful solid jade green to a deeper shade of green, with lovely pale lavender/red leaf tips that turn darker rust red as the season progresses.
    An added bonus is the wonderful velvety texture of the leaves.

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