General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
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. globiferum
  • Synonym: Jovibarba globifera
  • Synonym: Jovibarba sobolifera
  • Synonym: Sempervivum soboliferum
Also sold as:
  • Chick Charms® Key Lime Kiss™

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Location: BG Delft
Date: 2025-03-22
Lizzard: Podarcis muralis
Location: Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Date: 2018-10-28
Location: Latvia University Botanical  gardens Riga
Date: 2018-09-11
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2014-10-26
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-11-01

Date: 2015-10-29
Location: Pacific North West zone 8
Date: Sep 19, 2010
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-04-21
Location: Canby, OR
Date: 2017-10-11
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-07-27
Location: Pacific North West zone 8
Date: May 11,2010
Location: Pacific North West zone 8
Date: Jun 27, 2010
Location: Pacific North West zone 8
Date: Jul 26, 2010
Location: Pacific North West zone 8
Date: Dec 31, 2010
Location: Pacific North West zone 8
Date: Mar 6, 2011
Location: Pacific North West zone 8
Date: Mar 25, 2011
Location: Seattle WA 
Date: 2013-02-13
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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jul 29, 2010
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-08-09
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 10, 2012

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Location: Pacific North West zone 8
Date: Apr 6, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 10, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-09-25
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-08-09
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-08-09
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 16, 2011
Location: my garden zone 7b NC, USA
Date: 2013-08-24
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 14, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Aug 16, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 10, 2012
Location: My garden - Arvada, Colorado zone 5
Date: 2011-10-24
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2013-06-03
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Comments:
  • Posted by CDsSister (Greenwood Village, CO - Zone 5b) on May 24, 2013 1:30 PM concerning plant:

    Per Nature Gate: Rolling hen-and-chicks’ natural habitat ends not far from Finland’s south-eastern border, so it is no surprise that the plant thrives here.

    Thrives on rocks where soil is impossibly thin.

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