Sempervivum arachnoideum ssp. tomentosum ~ Woolly Hens and Chicks Size:1 QUART 10PK IMAGE: Feifeihuang91

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COMPANION PLANTS: Joe Pye Weed

The plant may decline in overly hot and humid summers

The bamboo like foliage emerges deep red and holds this color for an extended time before maturing to dark green

Sempervivum arachnoideum ssp. tomentosum ~ Woolly Hens and Chicks Size:1 QUART 10PK IMAGE: Feifeihuang91Woolly Hens and Chicks is a mat forming evergreen succulent that forms tight rosettes of thick fleshy green foliage tipped with dense silvery connected hairs resembling cobwebs that flush burgundy in sun or cold. The mother rosette (hen) spreads out with horizontal stems to seed offsets (chicks). An infrequent flowerer that may take years to bloom, but when it does will put up a thick red stalk sporting clusters in summer. The hen dies after