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
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
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Rollers
  • Roller
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Sempervivum globiferum subsp. arenarium
  • Synonym: Jovibarba hirtella
  • Synonym: Jovibarba pseudohirta
  • Synonym: Jovibarba sobolifera subsp. hirtella
  • Synonym: Jovibarba arenaria
  • Synonym: Jovibarba arenaria subsp. pseudohirta
  • Synonym: Jovibarba globifera subsp. arenaria

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Date: 2016-07-15
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: 2011-11-26
Winter color of  Jovibarba arenaria x hirta f/Belansky Tatra
Location: Suburban Denver, Colorado
Date: 2013-06-02
Tiny little roller with mini babies
Location: Zone 5
Date: 2012-08-29

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-13-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 9-11-05
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-08-09
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-4-07
Location: Zone 5
Date: 2012-08-29

photo credit: H. Zell
Comments:
  • Posted by CDsSister (Greenwood Village, CO - Zone 5b) on Jun 2, 2013 8:16 PM concerning plant:
    This was such a tiny little plant I could not resist it.
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