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    How to Grow Sempervivum – Hens-and-Chicks

    Sempervivum — commonly called hens-and-chicks or houseleeks–is an evergreen perennial succulent with tightly packed rosettes of leaves that occasionally bears star-shaped flowers in tight or loose clusters. Flowers can be white, yellowish, pink, red, or greenish and appear in summer. Blooming rosettes usually die back after setting seed. Plants produce small offsets around the mother plant; offsets […] More