Hens and Chicks

Sempervivum arachnoideum/tectorum

Height: 2-4″ │ Light Needs: Full Sun │ Blooms: June to August │ Hardiness Zone: 3

Aglow – Olive-green rosettes change to red in summer.

Autumn Apple – Olive-green rosettes with burgundy-red margins in cool weather.

Cherry Berry – Rich red rosettes.

Citris Sunrise – Each leaf is trimmed by a creamy-white edge, olive-green to red rosettes.

Cobweb – Fine, silvery hairs join together the green leaf tips like a spider web.

Commander Hay – Green foliage with deep purple-red tips.

Cosmic Candy – Red rosettes with fine, silvery hairs across the tips.

Cranberry Cocktail – Loose rosettes of red leaves with green tips.

Desert Bloom – Pointy, gray-green leaves flushed with pink.

Director Jacobs – Eye-catching, red cupped foliage, heaving lining of white hairs.

Gold Nugget – Golden foliage is tipped in red, changes to green in summer, gold in fall.

Kalinda – Apple green leaves, flushed blood-red at the base.

Limelight – Lime-green rosettes with pink tips.

Lotus Bloom – White variegated leaves with a hint of blush.

Pacific Blue Ice – Large rosettes of gray-blue change to burgundy tone as weather cools.

Pacific Devil’s Food – Deep chocolate-brown rosettes.

Prairie Sunset – Lavender-purple rosettes.

Purple Beauty – Rosettes of purplish-red and green centers, pink flowers.

Reinhard – Emerald-green rosettes with black-red tips.

Royal Ruby – Rosettes start red, turning green with red margins as they grow. 

Ruby Heart – Rosettes start red, turning green with red margins as they grow. 

Softline – Silvery-green rosettes, outer leaves have flushed with reddish-purple at base.

Silverline – Silvery green leaves are flushed with reddish-purple at base.

Silver Suede – Mauve-pink rosettes with a silver sheen.

Strawberry Kiwi – Brilliant red rosettes with green to yellow margins.