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Hen and Chicks |
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Houseleek |
| Hybrid: | Yes |
| Hybridizer: | Andre Smits |
| Country of Origin: | (BE) Belgium |
| Year of registration: | 1988 |
| 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 |
| Suitable Locations: | Alpine Gardening |
| Uses: | Provides winter interest Groundcover |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Stratify seeds: Stratifing 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 |
How To Use Gravel for Mulching Small PlantsWhen I was getting tired of poking gravel with tweezers or toothpicks out of the rosettes of my sempervivums and jovibarbas after having applied fine gravel as a ground cover, I came up with a new method and applied plants to gravel rather than gravel to plants.
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| Sempervivum Chat & Photos 2019 by plantmanager | Jan 6, 2020 1:31 AM | 1,780 |
| Sempervivum Chat & photos 2018 by CDsSister | Apr 10, 2019 5:14 PM | 3,385 |
| Sempervivum and Jovibarba chat & photos 2017 by valleylynn | Jan 2, 2018 7:45 PM | 3,238 |
| Seedling Chat by springcolor | Jan 17, 2020 9:10 AM | 1,755 |
| Sempervivum and Jovibarba chat & photos 2015 by valleylynn | Jan 2, 2016 2:57 PM | 2,665 |
| Featured Sempervivum Week 8: 'Kramer's Spinrad' by webesemps | Jul 1, 2014 11:45 PM | 18 |
| Roller fans? by markb | Oct 1, 2014 3:59 PM | 120 |
| Sempervivum & Jovibarba chat & photos 2014 by springcolor | Jan 2, 2015 2:46 PM | 3,044 |
| Bukiniczia cabulica by valleylynn | Dec 16, 2016 10:18 AM | 227 |
| New Rosettes flowering by mick64 | Aug 1, 2013 12:18 PM | 17 |
| Protecting sempervivum from excess sun or rain. by valleylynn | Jul 15, 2013 2:10 PM | 64 |
| Hanging sempervivum ball by Joannabanana | Jan 7, 2019 8:44 AM | 4,944 |
| Mick's variety by mick64 | Jun 30, 2015 7:35 PM | 215 |
| styrofoam boxes to become planters by CDsSister | Mar 17, 2013 6:07 PM | 97 |
| Sempervivum & Jovibarba chat & photos 2013 by PiaLouiseSourvi | Jan 17, 2014 10:44 AM | 3,933 |
| Hybridizing Clinic with Kevin Vaughn by valleylynn | Sep 20, 2014 5:55 PM | 1,339 |
| Ed Skrocki of Ohio by Stush2019 | Sep 26, 2014 10:52 AM | 49 |
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