Sempervivum Species, Hens and Chicks, House Leek, Live-Forever (Sempervivum tectorum)

by arsenic Sep 13, 2002 7:50 AM

May 2002.

Closeup Sempervivum, tectorum

Mother Plant sent out shoots which bloomed for the first time this year. See next photo.

Mother plant sent many small runners and on large runner which developed into this beautiful flower.

here's a variety of this plant in Pasadena California

a little closer on these southern California variety

The protuberance is a flower stalk

Flowers on a fasciated sempervivum

Sending up a flowerstalk July 8, 2005

Flowering stalk on hens and chicks plants

This clump was initially planted in the corner of this raised bed. It migrated to the driveway with only a small corner still in soil.

grown in northeast ohio

This is the best detail of the male and female parts I have taken

Winter

UBC Botanical Gardens - Vancouver, B.C. Canada

In a plant show in zone 9b

At the Flagstaff Arboretum in Arizona, zone 5a-6a, July 16, late Summer, 7000 ft elevation

Very pretty flower from this succulent.

Denver Botanic Gardens 08/14/2009.

Sempervivum

September flowering activity

05-06-12

Plant in early June. South Jordan, Utah, United States

Plant in late June. South Jordan, Utah, United States

Plant in early July. South Jordan, Utah, United States

Plant in mid September. South Jordan, Utah, United States

Plant in mid October. South Jordan, Utah, United States

In habitat. Fuorn Pass, Switzerland. Copyright Rogier van Vugt, Head Gardener greenhouses at Leiden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

In habitat in the Alps. Copyright of Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

In habitat in the Swiss alps. Photo copyright of Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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