Hen and Chicks

This easy-care plant is heat tolerant, drought tolerant, and deadheading is not necessary. Rosettes of wavy, coral-blushed blue-green leaves produce slender wands of red pink flowers. Grows well in poor, rocky soil, and ideally suited for rock gardens, mixed containers and desert plantings. Can be grown indoors as a house plant where not cold hardy--simply place in a bright window and water sparingly.

Companion Plants

Lilyturf

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Lilyturf

Lush foliage and beautiful flowers are lovely at garden or woodland edges, in rock gardens or even indoors as a houseplant. An outstanding ground cover, it will even perform in dry shade. Cut back in early spring to promote new growth.

Angelonia

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Angelonia

Valued for its heat and drought tolerance, this tropical perennial bears an abundance of charming flowers that makes a colorful display in landscape beds, combination pots or window boxes. Prefers moist, well-drained fertile soil.

Lantana

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Lantana

Vibrant flower clusters attract butterflies. Striking in gardens and containers, where plants can easily be trimmed to shape. Excellent drought and heat tolerance, and resistant to deer browsing. Vigorous where hardy; may be wintered indoors where not hardy. Prune lightly in mid- to late spring.

Details

Common name

Hen and Chicks

Botanical name

Echeveria gibbiflora

Variety

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Zone

USDA 10 - 11

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Bloom color

Blue

Bloom time

summer-winter

Light

part sun

Height

12-12in (30-30 cm)

Habit

spreading

Water

water weekly during dry spells

Feed

fertilize with an all-purpose fertilizer

Maintenance

mulch to reduce weeds