What is the best time of year to plant sempervivums?
Sempervivum calcareum 'Grigg's Surprise'
Sempervivum (Hens & Chicks)
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Sep 22, 2023 - 11:37 AM
Generally, spring is the best time of year to plant Sempervivum, as well as other outdoor succulents. However, planting in the summer and even early fall, can be successful too. Just be sure to get all of your outdoor succulents, including Sempervivum, planted a month before the first frost of the year.
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Sempervivum calcareum 'Grigg's Surprise'
Sempervivum calcareum 'Grigg's Surprise' (aka S. calcareum 'Monstrosum'): A rare monstrose cultivar for the collector. Instead of the normal flat-leaved rosette, this variety grows as a mass of long, slender quills. The leaves are blue-green and tipped in deep burgundy. This hard...
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