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Hen and Chicks - Buy 3, Get 3 Free!
Great for edging and sidewalks. Mixed shades: Emerald Green, Green with red tips & red. Hens produce several chicks each year. Succulent, evergreen foliage.
Light: Full sun
Blooms: Summer
Height: 2-5"
Zones: 3-8
Size: Bareroot
Deer Resistant
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| Botanical Name: |
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Sempervivum tectorum |
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| Form: |
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Evergreen perennial |
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| Sun Exposure: |
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Full Sun |
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| Height/Habit: |
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2 - 5" |
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| Spread: |
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12 - 18+" |
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| Spacing: |
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12 - 18" |
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| Hardiness Zone: |
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3 - 8 |
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| Foliage Type: |
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Small rosettes of succulent leaves. Some are red, silver, green or blue-green. |
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| Flower Form: |
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Cymes up to an inch across on hairy stems up to 12" tall with many petals. |
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| Flower Color: |
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Purplish to reddish pink |
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| Flowering Date: |
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Mid summer. |
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| Planting Requirements: |
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Easy to grow even in poor soil. |
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| Growth Rate: |
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Moderate to fast |
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| Unique Characteristics: |
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Very facinating grower. Small rosettes of succulent leaves form and spread by offsets from the base of an old rosette. They keep multiplying until you have a spot in your landscape or decorative pot spilling over with these great evergreen rosettes. Easy to use in a rock garden, rock wall or decorative container. It is said a rosette will die after it blooms, but it isn't very noticable because new rosettes are already forming around it. |
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| Additional Information: |
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Sempervivum means 'live forever' and in Central Europe it was a superstition that if a 'Houseleek' was planted on ones roof, the house was protected from lightening or fire, hence the common name 'Roof houseleek' or 'Common houseleek'. |
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