Hi everyone! I just purchased this plant and it didnt come with any info about it! I would love to know what the name of it is.... and if possible how to care for it (does it like full sun or shade, does it like to be dry or watered alot, etc) I am from Toronto and My patio gets quite a bit of sun and gets very hot in the summer and I just love this plant and I don't want to damage it! Please help :) It has green leaves on the bottom with a little spike on the tip of each that reminds Me of some kind of cactus or tropical plant, and coming from the plant is pinkish colored stems with tiny flowers in pink and yellow. Pleasssse Help :) From StarrFlower
It is a Sempervivum, common name Hen & Chicks. Google it and see care and feeding hints. Eventually it will need a wider but not necessarily a deeper pot as the babies will want to root in soil. Will take some heat, but I would not put it in full sun all day. It may burn. One often see's these and seedums planted in any kind of old shoe. I can't give you a varital name, there are so many, but many on this forum are far better at Id'ing specifics than I. Barb
Correct chimera. Echevaria do continue to live after they blossom. An old Sempervivum (house leek) will put out the large/fat stem with a cluster of flowers then die. Must be gettin old, can't even keep the poultry plants straight. StarrFlower - My copy of "Sunset Garden Book" was purchased in 2005. I think it is the last edition and a new one is available now. Anyway, on page 133, right side. middle pic is of an Echevaria. Not detailed enough to tell if it's like yours or not but if you go to Pg. 322 they discribe E. x imbricata It's a tiny picture/drawing but it looks like the flowers on yours and will give you info on the care and feeding etc. barb
Based on what I see in stores the current edition is still the eighth edition dating from 2007. There is a coneflower on the cover. One could check by visiting the Sunset Publishing web site.
Yes, Ron. The one w/ the cone flower is the new one. Mine is the prior edition the 7th w/ a 'Kaleidoscope' shrub rose on the front. barb
Starrflower, this may be some help www.starbrightencyclopedia.fotki.com/live_plants-1/indoor_plants/cactii_and_succulents/img_0315.html
Thank you everyone for your help! I just love this plant! :) I did actually get another smaller plant the other day, funnily enuff its called Hens and Chicks, but it doesnt have the big stems with flowers on it so maybe that's a different type... It has the base of the plant, and then coming from that it has the"chicks" but no flowers like the 1st plant I showed you. Thank you again for the help!! Now I know how to care for it :) StarrFlower :)
Coincidentally enough, my mom and dad just came out for a visit. As usual, mom brought me some plants---INCLUDING two behemoth hen-and-chicks from NY. As far back as I can remember, mom has had these plants: to say they have thrived is a vast understatement. She's grown then since the early 1950s... has to give them away or they'd creep into the house! I remember how they would bloom (seems to me that hers had a bigger, more central stalk) and how I was fascinated with the teeny baby plants. Am contemplating a spot to put mine...I'm figuring if these are anything lke Mom's, I'd better choose a BIG one!
