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 Color: White
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: It may be several years before it blooms
Uses: Provides winter interest
Groundcover
Suitable for miniature gardens
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
Parentage: S. globiferum subsp. globiferum x Bronze Ingot

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Common names
  • Job's Beard
  • Beard of Jove
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Sempervivum x nixonii
  • Synonym: Jovibarba x nixonii
Also sold as:
  • Jovan

Photo Gallery
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 8, 2011
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2014-10-31
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2019-04-29
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 24, 2019
Rosettes taking on caramel summer color
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-09-06
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-10-05
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 2, 2011
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-08-05
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 11, 2019
A flowering rosette with a small non-flowering attached, and one
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 22, 2019
Interesting view to see mildly fimbriated flowers on this rare cr
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 22, 2019
View showing the mildly fimbriated flowers on this globiferum x h

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2017-07-14
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-09-30
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 24, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-10-05
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Feb 19, 2011
Photo by jkbingh
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 27, 2013
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 11, 2019
starting to take on color in July 2019
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-10-16
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Mar 25, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 24, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 30, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jun 18, 2011
Location: Denver, CO (full sun)
Date: 2011-09-17
New plant. Source: North Hills Nursery
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Sep 1, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Aug 8, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 16, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 16, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Oct 18, 2012

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-08-23
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: May 14, 2011
Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 24, 2011 10:03 PM concerning plant:
    This Jovibara heuffelii is a cross betwee J. sobolifera and J. heuffelii 'Bronze Ingot'. I find it a very interesting plant.
    Most of the year it is a very dark red color with a little green at the base of the leaves. In Oct (here in the Pacific Northwest) beautiful watermark patterns appear on the leaves. It is a stand out amongst the other heuffelii at this time of year.
    What really makes this plant fun is observing the characteristics of both J. sobolifera and J. heuffelii play out in the individual plants.

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