Today's plant of the day for Sempervivum is Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum calcareum 'Pink Pearl').

This is my favorite calcareum. It is a good producer of offsets, and has such a wonderful flush of pink in the spring.
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Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum calcareum 'Pink Pearl')

Just green at the moment but gets a beautiful pink in spring.





Makes a nice upright colony.

Great photos Julia. How does it do through the rainy season for you?
What is not to love about this calcareum.

I have mine covered, so really well.

Mine have to brave it through all nature has to throw at them. They came through this last rainy season in great shape.

That’s good to know. It is a good one.

it’s a favorite! I was amazed how pink it got this year!

Another one added to the wish list!

Melissa you will love it.

Patty, yours certainly did get pink. Even in the other months there is a flush of pink at the base of the leaves.

Here's my late October 'Pink Pearl'. I got these from Patty (thanks Patty) this summer as small offsets. They have grown quite well. I'm hoping they will grow upright and make that cool tea-cup shape that I occasionally see in Calcareums.

And here is a photo taken today, Oct. 30, 2017, of my 'Pink Pearl'. As you can see in the photo she is putting out a second crop of offsets for 2017.
This one doesn't seem to be interested in producing offsets until later in the season.