Sempervivum - Arachnoideum
Sempervivum (Sempervivum Arachnoideum) - Enjoy the visual interest that this unique ground cover plant offers! Commonly called Hens and Chicks, this ground cover plant and roof garden plant is a perennial succulent that grows in very tight rosettes. Each rosette may have up to 50 - 60 leaves.
Sempervivum - Hybridum
Sempervivum (Sempervivum Hybridum) - Commonly called Hens and Chicks these unique ground cover plants are mat-forming succulents that produce clusters of rosettes. This hybrid mix produces foliages of varying shades of green, gray, and even reddish shades. This low-growing ground cover has parent rosettes that are called the "hens" and the smaller rosettes that grow from the parents are called the "chicks."
Sempervivum - Montanum
Sempervivum (Sempervivum Montanum) - Commonly known as Mountain Hens and Chicks, this ground cover plant is hardy with many small, succulent tight rosettes 2 - 3 inches in diameter all crowded together froming a clump. The rosettes produce many offsets, and the clump can grow over time.
Sempervivum - Tectorum
Sempervivum (Sempervivum Tectorum) - Also called Houseleeek, it is the most popular garden variety of Hens and Chicks is Sempervivum Tectorum. Hens and Chicks gets its name for its growth habit - a parent rosette sending out offsets that cluster around like chicks gathered around the mother hen. Sempervivum is from the Latin word meaning evergreen.
